Moon, Trump to meet on DPRK issue

As denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang hit an impasse, Moon Jae-in, president of the Republic of Korea, will likely to persuade his US counterpart to make some concessions to Pyongyang in order to push forward the peace progress, analysts said.

More large US colleges hiring armed police to patrol campuses

More colleges in the US are using armed police to patrol their campuses, according to experts and statistics.

EU leaders poised to grant longer Brexit delay

European Union leaders were poised to grant British Prime Minister Theresa May a longer extension to Brexit than she sought when they met for an emergency summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

New Kazakhstan leader calls early presidential elections in 2 months

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called early presidential elections scheduled for June 9 in a televised address to the nation on Tuesday.

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India's Modi eyes win in mega-election

India starts a mega-election on Thursday with thousands of parties and candidates running in 543 constituencies across the nation, Agence France-Presse reported.

Sri Lanka opens China-funded railway line

The Sri Lankan government on Monday officially opened a railway line constructed between Matara and Beliatta in the southern part of the island country. The hope is that it will boost passenger traffic into the deep south.

Israelis go to polls to decide on Benjamin Netanyahu's record reign

Israeli voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in parliamentary elections that will determine whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in office after a decade in power, The Associated Press reported.

UN chief calls for immediate halt to Libya fighting as thousands displaced

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday strongly condemned the military escalation and ongoing fighting in and around Libya's capital Tripoli, and asked for an immediate end to violence, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Trump's shake-up of DHS raises concern

US President Donald Trump continued cleaning house at the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, as he becomes more frustrated over the number of Central American people crossing the southern border and demands a harder line on border security.

Putin, Erdogan discuss S-400 delivery

Delivering Turkey air-defense missiles is a job of priority, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting of the Russian-Turkish High-Level Cooperation Council in Moscow on Monday.