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Korea's Kim attends concert marking Int'l Women's Day with wife, daughter SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a concert marking International Women's Day with his wife and daughter Ju-ae, and hailed women's role in national development, state media...

OK SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Friday as investors cautiously watched situations involving the Strait of Hormuz after the new Iranian leader vowed to maintain the blockade of the sea channel. The Korean won was...

OK (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead with latest; UPDATES paras 2, 7) SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency fell markedly for the second straight session against the U.S. dollar Friday as Middle East tensions pushed oil prices higher...

Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA View image in fullscreen Part of the Sizewell nuclear plant in Suffolk, where the government has already committed to building a new nuclear power station. Miliband, the energy secretary, said: “As the current Middle East conflict shows,...

Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP View image in fullscreen In an essay in Crikey, Grace Tame writes that she has come up against a ‘well-oiled, well funded political propaganda machine’ in recent months. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP ‘We’re living in an...

Mohammad Pournajaf was Tehran’s charge d’affaires in Canberra until at least 2023. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP View image in fullscreen Mohammad Pournajaf was Tehran’s charge d’affaires in Canberra until at least 2023. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP Former Iranian diplomat was granted asylum...

King expresses 'concern' over Alberta separatists in meeting with First Nations chiefs 3 hours ago Share Save Nadine Yousif Senior Canada reporter Share Save PA Media First Nations Grand Chief Joey Pete called the meeting with King Charles III "significant"...

UFC fighters to train FBI agents at Quantico 8 hours ago Share Save Sareen Habeshian Share Save Reuters Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) athletes will be training agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week, both organisations say. Current...

The Americas A record number of political parties register for Haiti's first election in a decade March 13, 2026 1:28 AM ET By The Associated Press Members of the EDE (Committed to Development) political party arrive to register the party...

OK By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- Police raided the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Friday to secure material for its investigation into the 2024 Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 people. An office of...

OK By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Friday the government will step up coordinated efforts to advance artificial intelligence (AI) transformation across industrial sectors in partnership with the private sector. Lee made the...

Netflix announces KPop Demon Hunters' sequel 1 hour ago Share Save Osmond Chia Business reporter Share Save Netflix Netflix has announced a sequel to KPop Demon Hunters, the streaming platform's most watched movie of all time. The announcement comes as...

'There's no hiding place on a ship': The sailors stranded near Iran 25 minutes ago Share Save Mohammad Zubair Khan , BBC News Urdu , Aye Thu San , BBC News Burmese , Hyojung Kim , BBC News Korean and...

French vote tests polarised electorate with right hoping to win control of Paris 60 minutes ago Share Save Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent Share Save Reuters/BBC/Léa Guedj Emmanuel Grégoire (L) and Rachida Dati are the front-runners in the race for Paris...

MPs 'deeply troubled' by BBC World Service funding uncertainty 26 minutes ago Share Save Ian Youngs Culture reporter Share Save Getty Images A committee of MPs have said they are "deeply troubled" by uncertainty over the government's future funding for...

'I missed my chemo and have a £12,000 hotel bill': British holidaymakers stranded by Iran war 59 minutes ago Share Save Danielle Codd , Business reporter and Jennifer Meierhans , Business reporter Share Save Andrea Pendrey Andrea Pendrey has missed...

The MPs found offers for redress from the Horizon shortfall scheme, which is the largest of the three and administered by the Post Office, were routinely overturned and increased after an appeal. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock View image in...

Can plastic-eating funghi help clean up nappy waste? 12 minutes ago Share Save Suzanne Bearne Technology Reporter Share Save Leila Green Leila Green's triplets would get through 25 nappies a day Before Leila Green became a mother of triplets three...

Politics Trump blames Iran for the war — critics question the diplomacy March 12, 2026 5:24 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Michele Kelemen Trump blames Iran for the war — critics question the diplomacy Listen · 3:48 3:48...

OK (ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES throughout) By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, March 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with U.S. During Kim's previous trip to Washington in January, he proposed to Vance the idea of the U.S....

Treasury Department said Thursday it sanctioned six individuals and two entities for their roles in North Korea-orchestrated information technology (IT) worker schemes, which it accused of defrauding American businesses and generating revenue to fund Pyongyang's weapons programs. The department's Office...

The department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the measure, noting that the latest sanctions are part of the United States' "whole-of-government" effort to counter Pyongyang's wide-ranging revenue generation schemes. "The North Korean regime targets American companies through deceptive...

‘The best way for us to respond to the devastation of this war is to strengthen the mechanisms that should never have allowed it to occur in the first place.’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters View image in fullscreen ‘The best way...

Architecture Chilean Smiljan Radić Clarke wins architecture's highest honor March 12, 2026 9:44 AM ET Neda Ulaby Teatro Regional del Bío-Bío, 2018, Concepción, Chile Iwan Baan/The Pritzker Architecture Prize hide caption toggle caption Iwan Baan/The Pritzker Architecture Prize Smiljan Radić...

Iran issues statement purported to be from new leader as war with U.S. and Israel rages Updated March 12, 2026 10:11 AM ET Originally published March 12, 2026 6:07 AM ET By NPR Staff Mojtaba Khamenei (center), the son of...

Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Shell CEO’s pay jumps 60% despite slump in profits at oil company Campaigners say people unlikely to ‘look favourably’ on package for Wael Sawan, which rose to £13.8m in 2025 The chief executive of Shell saw his...

Invisible progress I did not produce a single lead-author paper between my final publication as a graduate student in 2017 and the first paper I published as a postdoc in 2022. Career Feature 09 MAR 26 The ethical risks of...

How Iran war laid bare the world's reliance on Gulf oil and gas 9 minutes ago Share Save Nick Marsh , Asia business reporter and Shanaz Musafer , Business reporter Share Save Getty Images Bangladesh has seen huge queues at...

Jo Malone has described her decision to sell the rights to her name as ‘biggest mistake of my life’. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Jo Malone has described her decision to sell the rights to her name as...

Photograph: Bungie/Sony Marathon is a stylishly merciless video game built for cut-throat times A lot is riding on the success of the latest multiplayer online shooter from Halo creator Bungie, a DayGlo spectacular that whisks players to a far-off planet...