SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities tried and failed Friday to carry out an unprecedented arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to declare martial law in a dramatic standoff at the presidential residence where…
Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok is next in line to take on the mantle of the acting presidency, according to South Korean law. Han’s predecessor, President Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached a mere two weeks prior, after imposing martial law for…
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Saturday in a vote triggered after his fleeting failed attempt to impose martial law in early December. A presidential election must be held within 60 days if the incumbent is dismissed…
The fallout from South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law continues amid reports of his office being raided and his former defense minister attempting suicide. Police searched the president’s office on Wednesday as part of an…
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will implement 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, saying that the comments were “counterproductive.” “I hope he rethinks it, and I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,”…
Moscow signaled to the West that it’s ready for a nuclear confrontation after Ukraine was given permission to attack Russian territory — and appeared to quickly act on that greenlight — using U.S.-made long-range missiles. Kyiv appeared to waste little…
Global stocks briefly fell and investors fled to safe-haven assets for a time on Tuesday, as global markets reacted to escalating tensions between the world’s two largest nuclear powers: Russia and the U.S. The pan-European Stoxx 600 stock index came…
Self-described anarcho-capitalist President Javier Milei of Argentina became the first foreign leader to visit President-elect Donald Trump since he won a second term, arriving in Florida on Thursday to attend a gala dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where Milei was…
South and North Korea troops potentially entering the Russia-Ukraine war is unlikely to stoke a wider conflict between the two Korean countries, experts said. This comes after South Korea’s Defense Ministry told NBC News that North Korea had sent up…
North Korea has sent troops to Russia, the United States said Wednesday, its first public confirmation of a move that has rattled Western allies and could mark a major escalation of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. “There is evidence of DPRK…
The head of Britain’s domestic spy agency on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of being on a “sustained mission” to cause mayhem in Britain and Europe. In a rare public speech from MI5′s counter-terrorism operations center in London, MI5 Director…
TOKYO — U.S. opponents of a Japanese steelmaker’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel cite concerns about national security and a reluctance to relinquish a storied American company. In Japan, the business community sees election-year politics at play. President Joe…
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it was “highly likely” its forces killed an American woman during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week. The United States said the shooting was “unprovoked and unjustified” and called for “fundamental…
Ukraine’s wartime Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba tendered his resignation, Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said Wednesday, amid the country’s broadest cabinet reshuffle since the start of the war with Russia. “The application will be considered at one of…