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North and South Korean ice skaters show unity in selfie ahead of Winter Olympics

Skaters Kam Alex Kang Chan and Kim Ju-sik make light work of easing decades of rising diplomatic tensions on Korean peninsula.

Feb 8, 2018

By Claire Toureille

South Korea North Korea

US pressures Nato for anti-Isis Iraq pledge as Shia groups demand western withdrawal

Nato is considering a renewed commitment to a long-term training mission in Iraq as the US puts pressure on its European allies to help hold the country against Isis militants.

Feb 7, 2018

By David Brennan

NATO Iraq Islamic State Afghanistan

North Korean video game 'Yankee Mopping-up Operation' a hit with the kids, says state media

North Koreans lucky enough to own a mobile phone can play patriotic shoot-'em-up as propaganda war moves into video games.

Feb 7, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Who is Kim Yo-jong? Kim Jong-un's sister attending Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea

Power in pariah state of North Korea is a family affair as Kim's little sister moves further into world spotlight at Winter Olympics.

Feb 7, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

North Korea South Korea

North Korea 'only months away' from US nuclear strike, claims diplomat

Washington and Pyongyang swap nuclear warnings again as they accuse each other of ratcheting up tensions on Korean peninsula.

Feb 6, 2018

By David Brennan

North Korea Russia

Germany defies Turkey to grant asylum to alleged coup plotters

Germany has granted asylum to four Turkish soldiers, one of whom is accused of being a leading figure in the failed July 2016 military coup.

Feb 2, 2018

By David Brennan

Turkey Syria German Elections 2017

Russia to station warplanes on disputed island near Japan

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says air force could use civilian airport on Kurile Islands, claimed by both Russia and Japan.

Feb 2, 2018

By David Brennan

Russia Japan

Poland's controversial Holocaust law prompts Israel-US backlash

Polish senate backs bill making it illegal to attribute crimes of Nazi Germany to Polish state or people.

Feb 1, 2018

By David Brennan

Poland Israel

North Korea accuses Trump of human rights atrocities against American people

State-run news agency responds to State of the Union onslaught on regime with claims of US corruption, racism and divisive policies.

Jan 31, 2018

By James Tennent

North Korea Donald Trump Human rights

Foreign Office flogs Bangkok embassy for historic £420m

British embassy sale is largest land deal in Thai history.

Jan 31, 2018

By James Tennent

Thailand

North Korea increases executions of corrupt military officials in purge as sanctions bite, says US

North Korea is also cutting back on training exercises as new crippling sanctions take hold, according to General Vincent K Brooks, commander of US Forces in Korea.

Jan 30, 2018

By William Watkinson

North Korea

Kim Jong-un has blown his inheritance on missiles and needs help from South Korea

Kim Jong-un has nearly emptied an important "slush fund" inherited from his father with recent nuclear and missile tests designed to scare Donald Trump

Jan 29, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Donald Trump

Queen Jetsun Pema: The young monarch who rules over Bhutan and Instagram

Bhutan's glamorous royal has 87.3 thousand Instagram followers and is an online celebrity in Himalayan kingdom. So who is she?

Jan 25, 2018

By Ruchira Sharma

Kate Middleton

'Invasion Day': Why did Australian protesters attack statue of Captain James Cook?

Australia Day celebrations on January 26 are unwelcome reminder for some of the country's colonial past.

Jan 25, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Trump told May 'You can be this generation's Churchill' after he watched film Darkest Hour

The US president Donald Trump told the UK PM Theresa May she could be the next Churchill, it has been reported.

Jan 24, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Donald Trump Theresa May

'Ideological warfare': Russia bans Death of Stalin over 'offensive' depiction of Soviet-era life

Some Russian politicians have opposed the release of the film, which they claim is "extremist" and offensive.

Jan 24, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Russia Vladimir Putin

North Korea smugglers' shopping list included shampoo, ketchup and whisky

Police in Japan have arrested and charged two Chinese men who smuggled banned goods into North Korea.

Jan 17, 2018

By Neil Murphy

North Korea Japan

Japan to Russia: We have full control over missile defence systems, not the US

The Aegis Ashore systems will cover all of Japan- one from the northern shores and one from the south east.

Jan 17, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

After nearly a millennium, the Bayeux Tapestry will cross the Channel and be in Britain's hands

The Bayeux Tapestry which depicts the Norman invasion in 1066 will come to Britain for the first time in nearly a millennium.

Jan 17, 2018

By Brendan Cole

Trump cancelled UK trip because he wouldn't get 'the love he believes he deserves', says Fire and Fury author

Michael Wolff said that President Donald Trump's cancellation of his visit to London was not over the US's embassy but instead the kind of welcome he might receive.

Jan 15, 2018

By James Tennent

Donald Trump Twitter

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