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24 June 2026

Snippets of news from around the world

A street is decorated with the flags of China and North Korea in Pyongyang, June 8, 2026
North Korea / 8 June 2026
Xi and Kim set for talks in North Korea
8 June 2026
World / 7 June 2026
World in brief for June 8 2026
7 June 2026

Snippets of news from around the globe

People watch a TV screen showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, June 5, 2026
East Asia / 5 June 2026
Chinese leader Xi will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019
5 June 2026
In this photo provided on May 8, 2026, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a major munitions factory at an undisclosed location, North Korea, May 6, 2026
Round-up / 8 May 2026
World in brief: May 8, 2026
8 May 2026
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, February 11, 2025
The Koreas / 24 April 2026
Prosecutors call for 30-year prison term for ousted South Korean President Yoon
24 April 2026
Animal rights activists attempt to break into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, April 18, 2026
Round-up / 19 April 2026
World in brief: April 19, 2026
19 April 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a parade with his daughter in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 25, 2026
Round-up / 6 April 2026
World in brief: April 7, 2026
6 April 2026
A North Korean military guard post, top, and a South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, February 26, 2026
North Korea / 10 March 2026
North Korean leader’s sister slams US-South Korea joint war games
10 March 2026
Uzbekistan's Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva (centre) battles for the ball with North Korea's Ri Hye Gyong (right) and Myong Yu Jong during the Women's Asia Cup soccer match between North Korea and Uzbekistan in Sydney, March 3, 2026
Women’s football / 3 March 2026
Hat-trick hero Myong leads North Korean revival at Women’s Asian Cup
3 March 2026
People wait for the Louvre museum to open as employees at the Louvre Museum vote to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris
Round-up / 13 February 2026
World in brief: February 13, 2026
13 February 2026
Kim Jong Un, center, inspects test-flights of hypersonic missiles, in Pyongyang, North Korea, January 4, 2026
Round-up / 7 January 2026
World in brief: January 7, 2026
7 January 2026
Passers-by stand in the light of a fire department help point in Berlin, Germany, January 3, 2025, during a power cut in south-west Berlin after a fire on a cable bridge. Photo: Christoph Gollnow/dpa via AP
World / 4 January 2026
World in brief: January 4, 2026
4 January 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung gestures during a news conference to mark the first anniversary of the December 3 martial law crisis at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea
East Asia / 3 December 2025
South Korean president considers an apology to North Korea over past leafletting and drone use
3 December 2025
Curious onlookers look on as military personnel stand guard near a school where explosions reportedly occurred, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
Round-up / 7 November 2025
World in brief: November 7, 2025
7 November 2025
Kim Jong Un (back, third left) stands in front of the coffin of Kim Yong Nam at an undisclosed location in North Korea, November 4, 2025
East Asia / 6 November 2025
North Korea slams US sanctions on cybercrimes
6 November 2025
This photo provided by North Korean government shows the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker's Party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, October 9, 2025
North Korea / 10 October 2025
North Korea's Kim vows to build a 'socialist paradise'
10 October 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front right) shakes hands with Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang in Pyongyang, North Korea, October 9, 2025
North Korea / 9 October 2025
North Korean Workers' Party celebrates 80th anniversary
9 October 2025
This photo provided on September 30, 2025, by the North Korean government, Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) meets with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, September 29, 2025
East Asia / 7 October 2025
China's PM to visit North Korea in highest level visit since 2019
7 October 2025
People watch as strong waves batter Basco, Batanes province, northern Philippines as Typhoon Ragasa affects the area, September 22, 2025
Round-up / 22 September 2025
World in brief: September 22, 2025
22 September 2025
Kim Jong Un
World / 24 August 2025
North Korea’s Kim oversees new missile defence test
24 August 2025
This photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, delivers a speech during a national meeting against the coronavirus, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on August 10, 2022. Photo: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
World / 28 July 2025
North Korea rejects overtures from new South Korean government
28 July 2025
A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025
Round-up / 18 July 2025
World in brief: July 18, 2025
18 July 2025
A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, (top left) and South Korean army soldiers (bottom right) are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12, 2025
East Asia / 4 July 2025
Unidentified man crosses fortified land border from North to South Korea, military says
4 July 2025
This frame grab from a video provided May 8, 2025, shows smoke rise following Israeli airstrikes that targeted hilltops near Nabatieh town, south Lebanon
Round-up / 8 May 2025
World in brief: May 8, 2025
8 May 2025
A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's missiles launch
World / 10 March 2025
North Korea fires ballistic missiles into the sea in response to South Korean and US war games
10 March 2025
South Korean military investigators examine the site where a
World / 6 March 2025
South Korean fighter jets injure 8 after accidentally bombing own civilians
6 March 2025
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows wh
World / 7 January 2025
North Korea tests new hypersonic intermediate-range missile
7 January 2025
A TV screen shows a file image of South Korean President Yoo
Features / 6 January 2025
After the failed coup: Korean crisis rumbles on
6 January 2025
Between military provocations against the DPRK and factional warfare at home, President Yoon’s martial law crisis continues to rock the South Korean state — and the US has to have known it was coming, writes KENNY COYLE
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a press b
World / 3 December 2024
South Korean parliament declares president's ‘emergency martial law’ invalid
3 December 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) attends a meeting i
World / 18 November 2024
North Korean leader Kim calls for ‘limitless’ expansion of military nuclear programme
18 November 2024
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its l
World / 15 November 2024
North Korea's Kim views tests of exploding drones and calls for production to be stepped up
15 November 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Foreign
World / 6 November 2024
Russia ratifies mutual military assistance treaty with North Korea
6 November 2024
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry press ser
World / 1 November 2024
North Korea vows to back Russia until victory
1 November 2024
A TV screen shows an image of soldiers believed to be from N
World / 21 October 2024
South Korea demands North Korea pulls its troops out of Russia immediately
21 October 2024
A TV screen reports North Korea has blown up parts of northe
World / 15 October 2024
North Korea blows up unused roads linking to South Korea
15 October 2024
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks to the media a
World / 14 October 2024
Ukraine's Zelensky accuses North Korea of sending troops to aid Russia
14 October 2024
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missiles lau
World / 18 September 2024
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles into the sea
18 September 2024
Mpox vaccine MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish comp
World / 5 September 2024
World in brief: September 5, 2024
5 September 2024
A balloon presumably sent by North Korea, is seen in a paddy
World / 11 August 2024
World in brief: August 11, 2024
11 August 2024
Russian Emergency paramedics roll a stretcher with a residen
World / 11 August 2024
Russian drone strike kills two people in Kiev as Ukraine continues border attack
11 August 2024
World / 5 August 2024
World in brief: August 5, 2024
5 August 2024
Vietnamese President To Lam delivers a speech during a news
World / 4 August 2024
World in brief: August 4, 2024
4 August 2024
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, peopl
World / 29 July 2024
Thousands rescued after flooding hits North Korea
29 July 2024
South Korean army soldiers collect the trash from a balloon
World / 24 July 2024
World in brief: July 24, 2024
24 July 2024
South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fenc
World / 19 July 2024
South Korea restarts blasting propaganda broadcasts into North Korea
19 July 2024
A U.S. Army's armoured vehicle moves during an exercise in P
World / 1 July 2024
North Korea test-fires missiles in response to first ‘multi-domain’ trilateral manoeuvres by US, Japan and South Korea
1 July 2024