Al Jazeera speaks to a North Korean refugee who sat alongside South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. At the Winter Olympics opening ceremony a few special volunteers, handpicked by the South Korean government, sat in the VIP section alongside the President Moon Jae-in. Two of them were North Korean refugees. […]

An attacker blew himself up after throwing an explosive device into the US embassy compound in Podgorica, the Montenegrin government said Thursday. Authorities in Podgorica have not released any theories as to the motive for the attack. “In front of the @USEmbassyMNE building in #Podgorica, #Montenegro an unknown person committed suicide with an explosive device. […]

    A polar vortex has tens of millions of people caught in its grasp. But what exactly is a polar vortex? In this episode of the Global News podcast This is Why, Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell chats with Niki Reitmayer and examines the cold snap that is sending shivers through the spines of a […]

Minister Ayelet Shaked says keeping Israel’s Jewish majority is justified, even ‘at the price’ of rights violations. Israel must safeguard a Jewish majority even at the expense of human rights, the country’s justice minister has said in a speech defending a bill that would legally define Israel as the “national home of the Jewish people” […]

President’s spokesman calls move a ‘waste of time’, and questions international court’s jurisdiction over the killings. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken the first step in an investigation into Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, which has left thousands of people dead. Duterte’s office announced on Thursday that it has received a notice that […]

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it removed pages, groups and accounts tied to Iran for using and coordinating fake accounts. These accounts targeted people across the world, although more heavily in the Middle East and South Asia, the company said. Source: Read Full Article

Opposition members say they will try and keep the party united, despite divisions over its leadership. Thousands of people in Zimbabwe have paid tribute to Morgan Tsvangirai at a rally in Harare. The former opposition leader died on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. Opposition members say they will try and keep the party united, […]

The space is more like a greenhouse; instead of rooms or desks, there are walkways and unconventional meeting spaces. Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has opened a rainforest-like office space in Seattle that it hopes will prompt new ideas for employees. While cities across North America are seeking to host Seattle-based Amazon’s second headquarters, the world’s largest […]

Students who escaped the deadly school shooting in Florida have voiced their anger and frustration at President Trump during a listening session on school safety at the White House. There has been an outpouring of anger and frustration at a meeting between the US President Donald Trump, students and families affected by last week’s deadly […]

According to the International Organization for Migration, more than 240 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean since the New Year began. The bodies of 16 migrants have been recovered off waters near Melilla, a Spanish enclave bordering Morocco. It is the latest in a number of deadly attempts to reach Europe so […]