(BBC News) The Pentagon says it considers army private Travis King to be "absent without leave" in North Korea after he crossed the border during a tour.
Officials admitted they had no idea of his condition or where he was being held.
Earlier, the White House said the U.S. had tried to contact Pyongyang through "multiple channels" but had seen no response.
PV2 King dashed across the heavily fortified border area on Tuesday.
It is unclear if he...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) U.S.-supplied cluster munitions are in Ukrainian hands and being deployed in the field as part of Kyiv’s battle against Russia, White House national security spokesman John Kirby has said.
“We have gotten some initial feedback from the Ukrainians, and they are using them quite effectively,” Kirby said at a news briefing.
Kirby said the cluster munitions are having an impact on Russian defensive formations and manoeuvring.
Ukraine has pledged to use the cluster...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A man detained in North Korea after crossing the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas is a United States soldier who entered the country “willfully and without authorization,” according to a U.S. military official.
The United Nations Command, which has helped oversee the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between South Korea and North Korea since an armistice ended fighting in the 1950-1953 Korean War, said on Tuesday the individual had been taking part in...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A day after pulling out of the wartime grain deal and renewing global fears over food security, the Kremlin has warned that shipping grain out of Ukrainian Black Sea ports could be risky in the absence of Russian security guarantees, claiming Ukraine uses the waters for military activities.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov issued the warning on Tuesday, amid suggestions that Turkey could step in to protect Ukrainian grain shipments.
The Black Sea grain deal brokered by...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The European Union and Tunisia have signed a memorandum of understanding for a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” aimed at combatting irregular migration and boosting economic ties between the bloc and the North African country, which lies on a major route for migrants and refugees travelling to Europe.
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held renewed talks with Tunisian President Kais...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country’s Amazon region and lived alone for more than five weeks in the jungle have been released from hospital after a 34-day stay.
The children, aged one through 13, were released from hospital Thursday night following treatment and surveillance after the May 1 crash that killed their mother and two other adults. They were found last month after a complex search...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States saw a record 28 mass killings in the first half of 2023, The Associated Press has reported, as policymakers struggle to curb gun violence across the country.
The AP analysis, published on Friday, said 140 victims were killed during that period. All but one of the mass killings – incidents in which four or more people are slain not including the perpetrator – involved firearms.
A database maintained by The Associated...
(BBC News) The Screen Actors Guild has announced it will go on strike, marking the start of the largest shutdown Hollywood has seen in 40 years.
The union wants streaming giants to agree to a fairer split of profits and better working conditions.
The walkout means that 160,000 performers will stop work at midnight.
Stars Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt left the Oppenheimer premiere as the strike began, according to director Christopher Nolan.
The SAG strike will begin...
(BBC News) NATO states have said Ukraine can join the military alliance "when allies agree and conditions are met" after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the "absurd" delay to accession.
In a release, NATO said it recognized the need to move faster but would not be drawn on a timeframe.
Earlier, Zelensky said there seemed to be "no readiness" to invite Ukraine to NATO or make it a member.
He is now in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, where...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Cuba’s government has decried the presence of a nuclear-powered submarine at the United States naval base in Guantanamo Bay, calling it a “provocative escalation.”
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Caribbean nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the sub had relocated to Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday and stayed until Saturday.
The presence of the submarine “makes it imperative to wonder what is the military reason behind this action in this peaceful region of the...
