Ten years after the deadliest tsunami on record wrought destruction across the Indian Ocean, creeping complacency is undermining a high-tech warning system designed to prevent another disaster of such shocking magnitude.
Internet access resumed in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Tuesday morning after a few hours of outage that came amid bickering between the United States and the DPRK over an earlier cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Republic of Korea President Park Geunhye said on Tuesday that her government will continue efforts for dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and promised to actively prepare for future reunification of the two neighbors beginning next year.
The military of the Republic of Korea plans to set up a new team in charge of cyberoperations in January under the wing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday, citing military officials.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday that security officials had intercepted a heightened level of terrorist "chatter" in the aftermath of the Sydney cafe siege.
Satellite imagery indicates that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria - whose history stretches back to the dawn of civilization and whose heritage spans the great empires of the Middle East - have been damaged by its ongoing civil war, the United Nations' training and research arm said on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Ukraine's adoption of a bill to drop its nonaligned status was "absolutely counterproductive".
Haider Ali Motar was convicted of terrorism charges a month ago for helping to carry out a string of Baghdad car bombings on behalf of the Islamic State extremist group. Now, the 21-year old is a reluctant cast member in a popular reality TV show.
As the United States and Cuba begin to normalize relations for the first time in half a century, some US visitors are already roaming the streets of Old Havana, attending dance exhibitions and lectures on architecture as they take part in scripted cultural tours that can cost more than a decent used car back home.
When British brothers Rob and Paul Forkan survived the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed both their parents 10 years ago, they knew they had to help other children in need.
An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized the ape as a "nonhuman person" that was unlawfully deprived of its freedom, local media reported on Sunday.
The tennis club is deserted, the poolside French restaurant is closed and picnic trips are canceled.
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