North Korean refugees long for family behind impenetrable border. After bowing and offering fruit and a dried fish, Ryh Jae-hong tosses a cup of alcohol at the barbed-wire fence that separates South Korea's Gyodong Island from North Korea. The ritual is performed to honour

Sting finds fractured modern music scene 'quite odd' but still believes in the power of song to unite people. In an interview with AFP, the 74-year-old with 17 Grammy Awards and sales of over 100 million albums also spoke about his worries about Artificial Intelligence

After uprising, Nepal's Gen Z rush to register to vote. For many, it will be their first time participating in an election, and they see it as a chance to shape the future of their country of 30 million people https://t.co/o3aatscJFV

Purrno Noir? New Zealand company sells non-alcoholic wine for pets The range of tipples sold by Auckland-based Muttley's Estate has names like Pawt, Champawgne, Purrno Noir and Sauvignon Bark https://t.co/Dtme7DJyMV

UK government faces growing pressure over collapsed China spy case. The government has denied it helped scupper a high-profile case involving two men accused of spying for China, even as it covets Chinese investment to spur a struggling economy https://t.co/c5OdvQsPF5

Trump's fresh tariffs on imported wood, furniture and kitchen cabinets take effect, a development likely to fuel US building costs and pile pressure on homebuyers https://t.co/fmd1KOxYp5

Cape Verde's capital Praia erupted in celebration on Monday after the tiny archipelago nation qualified for the World Cup for the first time https://t.co/VFT2fBcpPh

'I know it's immoral': Child workers still common in Pakistan. One in four households in Pakistan, a country of 255 million people, employs a child as a domestic worker, mostly girls aged 10 to 14, according to a 2022 report by the International Labor Organization

"With or without negotiation, he will leave power" Nicolas Maduro's time is up but he can still leave power peacefully, Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado tells AFP in an interview from hiding https://t.co/L8vKMf2jH6

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink. They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation

#BREAKING China said on Tuesday it is ready to "fight to the end" in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 100 percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy

#BREAKING US Congress committee says investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centers

Americans feel the squeeze as government gridlock grinds on. With hundreds of thousands of federal employees already on enforced leave, about 1.3 million active-duty military personnel are set to miss their first paycheck on Wednesday https://t.co/l3ivVH56ls

UK activist Tommy Robinson, who organised a huge far-right march in London last month, returned to court for refusing to divulge his telephone pin number to counter-terrorism police in 2024

Madagascar's embattled President Andry Rajoelina said he was sheltering in a "safe place" following an attempt on his life, ignoring calls to resign after spiralling unrest that has forced him into hiding ➡️ https://t.co/hBTgTXtTy6

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis ➡️ https://t.co/Apbb9GzGen

US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners ➡️ https://t.co/aJSYHBWnay

A winner of this year’s Nobel prize in economics warned that artificial intelligence offers "amazing possibilities" but should be regulated because of its job-destroying potential ➡️ https://t.co/k2aUFK4uqJ

#BREAKING Madagascar president says in 'safe place' after attempt on life

Cape Verde beat Eswatini 3-0 to secure a spot at the 2026 World Cup, booking their place in football's global showpiece for the very first time ➡️ https://t.co/n2Xim20r3y