Ping pong diplomacy unites ROK, DPRK

STOCKHOLM - The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea opted against playing each other at the world table tennis championships on Thursday, deciding instead to field a joint women's team for the semi-finals.

Aging cargo plane that crashed in US was on final trip after helping hurricane victims

PORT WENTWORTH, Georgia - An aging C-130 Hercules that rescued and resupplied US citizens after last year's hurricanes crashed onto a highway in Georgia during what was supposed to be its final flight, killing all 9 people on board.

Moon at all-time high after polls bring boost

Voters in the Republic of Korea have more faith in President Moon Jae-in and the complete denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, after the historic summit between Moon and top Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un on April 27, according to latest statistics.

Suicide attack kills 15 as IS target Libyan elections

TRIPOLI, Libya - The death toll in an attack by Islamic State suicide bombers on the headquarters of the Libyan Higher Commission of Elections on Wednesday has risen to 15, according to a medical source.

116 killed in India storms

AGRA, India - Powerful dust storms tore across northern India, killing at least 116 people and injuring more than 250 as they flattened houses, and warnings were made on Thursday of more chaos to come.

Data company files for bankruptcy after Facebook scandal drives away customers

Cambridge Analytica, the UK-based political consultancy and data-mining company at the core of claims about the shared personal information of millions of Facebook users, is shutting down.

US transfers inmate from Guantanamo

WASHINGTON - The United States announced on Wednesday the first transfer of a prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay detention center under President Donald Trump, lowering the prisoner population at a facility Trump has signaled he would like to repopulate.

Trump has 'all but decided' to quit Iran deal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday against scrapping an international deal on Iran's nuclear program unless there was a good alternative in place.

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Brexiteers deny move against May

Leading Conservative Brexiteer, MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, has rejected claims that he and fellow Brexit supporters are threatening to bring down Theresa May's government in the ongoing disagreement over Britain's future trade relationship with Europe.

Firemen lament loss of life in Brazil building collapse

SAO PAULO - A 22-story abandoned office building occupied by hundreds of squatters was engulfed in flames and collapsed in the center of Sao Paulo early on Tuesday, shooting a massive black cloud of smoke into the sky and red-hot chunks of debris into nearby structures.

Macron in the dark over Trump's plan for deal

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether US President Donald Trump would stick to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that many in the West see as the best hope of preventing Teheran from getting a nuclear bomb.