SEOUL (Reuters) – A former South Korean provincial governor who once ran for presidential nomination was jailed for three and a half years on Friday for molesting an aide after his earlier acquittal was overturned in one of the country’s most high-profile #MeToo cases. An Hee-jung had been a rising star in South Korea’s ruling […]

Among the ranks of Republican candidates are Holocaust denier Arthur Jones and anti-Semite Paul Nehlen. Criticism is mounting over the presence of far-right and anti-Semitic Republican candidates in upcoming races in the United States states of Wisconsin and Illinois. Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier who is known for white supremacist advocacy, is poised to become […]

As the Midwest and East Coast try to recover from this week’s dangerous Arctic blast, Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog is gearing up to reveal whether an early spring is on the way or if winter will stick around. Members of Punxsutawney Phil‘s top hat-wearing inner circle plan to reveal their forecast at sunrise on Saturday. […]

The controversial Don Sahong dam in Laos has people arguing that its environmental impacts have not been studied well enough. The first dam on the lower Mekong River may start generating electricity earlier than expected. The controversial Don Sahong dam is in Laos, and the communist government says it needs the project to improve its […]

PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – France, Germany and Britain have opened a new channel for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert U.S. sanctions, although diplomats say it is unlikely to allow for the big transactions that Tehran says it needs to keep a nuclear deal afloat. Washington’s major European allies opposed last year’s decision by U.S. President […]

Displaced for years, South Waziristan locals say areas military deemed ‘safe’ are still littered with mines and IEDs. Makin, Pakistan – The silence as you stand in the centre of Makin, the birthplace of the Pakistan Taliban, is striking. Nestled among the rocky mountains of this remote corner of northwestern Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal district, Makin was […]

A new trial has been ordered for a man found guilty of sexual assault because the judge repeatedly interjected while the complainant was being cross-examined by the defence. The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that Yeider Quintero-Gelvez is to be tried again before a different judge. Stephanie Cleary, a provincial court judge in Fort […]

Around 1,000 miners were left stranded underground for more than one day after a power outage in Welkom. Fast Facts Around 1,000 miners trapped underground after storm knocks power out Workers spend more than a day stuck underground after emergency services were only able to rescue 60 people Miners rescued on Friday morning when electricity […]

The United Nations estimates more than 220 million people are facing hunger across the African continent. The United Nations estimates more than 220 million people are facing hunger across the African continent. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has been meeting in Sudan to discuss the crisis. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports from Khartoum, Sudan. […]

A Calgary woman is pleading for the return of her father’s ashes after they were stolen from her northwest house earlier this week. Heather Hamilton is in the process of moving to a new home in the community of Mount Pleasant and had left some unpacked boxes in her locked garage before going to sleep. […]