The Republic of Korea and the United States kicked off their largest annual war games on Monday, weeks after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea nuclear test and rocket launch, Combined Forces Command said in a statement.
An underwater research craft has spotted a "ghostlike" octopus that appears to belong to a previously unknown species on the ocean floor near Hawaii, a discovery that highlights how little is known about the deep sea, a US zoologist said on Saturday.
A fossilized lizard found in Southeast Asia preserved in amber dates back some 99 million years, Florida scientists have determined, making it the oldest specimen of its kind and a "missing link" for reptile researchers.
Shinichi Niitsuma enthusiastically shows visitors the attractions of the small town of Namie: its tsunami-hit coastline, abandoned houses and hills overlooking the radiation-infested reactors of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant.
A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a monitoring group said on Saturday, highlighting its fragile nature just days before the United Nations attempts to reconvene peace talks.
European leaders will push Turkey at a summit on Monday to agree to "large-scale" deportations of economic migrants from Greece, as EU chief Donald Tusk said he sees the first hints of a resolution to the migrant crisis.
Senior judges in Brazil voiced concern on Saturday over the detention of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, even as they threw their support behind the sweeping corruption investigation that threatens to topple his embattled successor.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton remained the front-runners in the quest for the White House, but Senators Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders scored key victories in the latest contests.
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani called on Taliban on Sunday to renounce violence and join the country's peace process.
A film based on the horrors experienced by comfort women in Japanese military brothels during World War II, whose doubtful commercial appeal meant it took 14 years and the contributions of 75,000 individual donors to complete, is top of the box office in South Korea.
The United States may have seen an unprecedented anti-Muslim backlash in recent months, but one New York museum has challenged perceptions by teaching children about the wealth and diversity of Islamic culture.
Turkey is under growing pressure to consider a major escalation in migrant deportations from Greece, a top European Union official said on Thursday, amid preparations for a highly anticipated summit of EU and Turkish leaders next week.
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