
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspected a military unit that was responsible for bombarding a southern island, state media said Friday ahead of a presidential election in the South. Pyongyang fired a barrage of 170 artillery shells onto Yeonpyeong island in November 2010, killing four people including two civilians. The ...

The United States gave an extremely cautious welcome on Thursday to the deal on Syria de-escalation zones. Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed a pact on a Moscow-backed plan to create de-escalation zones in Syria meant to halt fighting in the war-torn country. The United States, which has supported ...