A rescue worker carries an injured child after rescuing him from the rubble of a roof collapse at a private school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Oct. 15. AP-Yonhap PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a teacher and…
Ukraine president earlier said Kyiv was ‘done’ with energy ceasefire and strikes on Russian oil refineries would resume. Published On 15 Oct 202615 Oct 2026 Russia says Ukraine has targeted an oil refinery in Ryazan, about 180 kilometres (110 miles) south of Moscow, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was “done” with an energy ceasefire…
The operation targeted individuals suspected of engaging in the sale and distribution of narcotic substances and unregulated pharmaceutical products.
President Lee Jae Myung visits the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency, Tuesday, following a stabbing spree in the city. Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae The presidential office was set to hold a pan-government meeting Thursday to discuss response measures following a series of high-profile crimes, including a recent stabbing spree targeting random victims. The meeting, which…
“It is refreshing to know that Ghanaians all over the country are pleased with our passport reforms, the 30% reduction in application fees, the introduction of free and fast delivery, the new e-Tracking system and the historic establishment of PACs in all 16 regions of Ghana,” Mr Ablakwa said.
Pedestrians in warm attire walk along a street in Seoul, Wednesday, as morning temperatures in the city dropped to 9.3 degrees Celsius. Yonhap Wild temperature swings are expected to continue through the winter, with what could be the strongest El Niño on record forecast to peak toward the end of the year, raising the likelihood…
Baghdad, Iraq – Sitting anxiously in his small office in Jameela market, one of Baghdad’s main wholesale markets, food trader Hamza al-Rudayni is waiting to see what the coming days will bring. A decision by the Iraqi government to devalue the country’s currency, the dinar, against the US dollar has left traders like him facing…
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Chae Hwi-young, sixth from left, joins guests at the opening ceremony of the National Sports Museum in Seoul’s Songpa District, Thursday. Courtesy of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Korea opened its first national museum dedicated to sports on Thursday, bringing together thousands of artifacts documenting historic victories, Olympic…
The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to completing the long-abandoned Aboabo Super Market and Shea Nut Market Complex in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital. The market project, initiated during the regime of General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong in the early 1970s, has remained unfinished for…
The remains of a bridge bombed during the 1950-53 Korean War, standing in the lake at Gimhwa, Cheorwon. The town that once surrounded it no longer exists. Courtesy of Munire Nur Sen I almost didn’t notice the sign. Driving through Cheorwon on a research trip last July, we kept passing things that looked like landscape…
