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Typhoon Hinnamnor exits S. Korea into waters near Ulsan, leaving 1 missing

Typhoon Hinnamnor exits S. Korea into waters near...

Seoul (South Korea), September 6: Super Typhoon Hinnamnor moved out of South Korea early Tuesday morning about 2 1/2 hours...

Fires break out at POSCO plants in Pohang

Fires break out at POSCO plants in Pohang

Pohang (South Korea), September 6: Multiple fires broke out at steel plants of POSCO in the southeastern city of Pohang...

Malaysia reports 1,486 new COVID-19 infections, 4 new deaths

Malaysia reports 1,486 new COVID-19 infections, 4 new...

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), September 6: Malaysia reported 1,486 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to...

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses backup power line: IAEA

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses backup power line: IAEA

Vienna (Austria), September 6: The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is disconnected from its backup power line Monday but...

Indonesia, Philippines agree to strengthen maritime security in border areas

Indonesia, Philippines agree to strengthen maritime security in...

Jakarta (Indonesia), September 6: Indonesia and the Philippines signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on intensifying maritime security...

Russia cancels visa-free travel for Japanese to disputed islands

Russia cancels visa-free travel for Japanese to disputed...

Moscow (Russia), September 6: Russia has terminated an agreement with Tokyo on facilitating visits by Japanese citizens to the four...

France, Germany to help each other through energy crisis

France, Germany to help each other through energy...

Paris (France), September 6: French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that France and Germany will help each other through...

OPEC+ to slightly cut oil output in October amid prices dip

OPEC+ to slightly cut oil output in October...

Vienna (Austria), September 6: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+,...

U.S. judge orders appointment of special master to review materials seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago

U.S. judge orders appointment of special master to...

Washington (US), September 6: A federal judge on Monday granted former U.S. President Donald Trump's request to appoint a "special...

Iran condemns deadly attack on Russian Embassy in Kabul

Iran condemns deadly attack on Russian Embassy in...

Tehran (Iran), September 6: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday strongly condemned a deadly blast outside the Russian Embassy...

Lebanon, WFP sign deal on reinforcing agriculture

Lebanon, WFP sign deal on reinforcing agriculture

Beirut (Lebanon), September 6: Lebanon signed an agreement on Monday with the World Food Program (WFP) to improve agriculture and...

Medical leaders call on Aussie gov't to roll out national climate health action plan

Medical leaders call on Aussie gov't to roll...

Canberra (Australia), September 5: A coalition of top medical groups have called for the Australian government to urgently roll out...

Malaysia reports 1,904 new COVID-19 infections, 2 new deaths

Malaysia reports 1,904 new COVID-19 infections, 2 new...

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), September 5: Malaysia reported 1,904 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to...

Current account surplus likely to narrow amid energy costs, slowing demand: minister

Current account surplus likely to narrow amid energy...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: South Korea's finance minister said Monday the country's current account surplus could narrow as the...

S. Korea-bound corn shipment departs from war-torn Ukraine

S. Korea-bound corn shipment departs from war-torn Ukraine

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: POSCO International Corp., a South Korean commodities trader, said Monday its shipment of Ukrainian corn...

Yoon's approval rating snaps 3-week rising streak amid party unrest

Yoon's approval rating snaps 3-week rising streak amid...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating fell slightly to 32.3 percent last week, ending a three-week...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit lowest for Monday in 6 weeks as virus slows

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit lowest for...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit the lowest for a Monday count in six weeks,...

S. Korea braces for powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor

S. Korea braces for powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: Super Typhoon Hinnamnor has gradually moved northward to reach waters off the southern island of...

Opposition DP to file complaint against Yoon on charges of stating false information

Opposition DP to file complaint against Yoon on...

Seoul (South Korea), September 5: The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Monday to file a complaint against President Yoon...

Egypt's president meets Saudi FM on bilateral ties, regional issues

Egypt's president meets Saudi FM on bilateral ties,...

Cairo (Egypt), September 5: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday met with visiting Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin...

Chileans head to the polls to vote on new constitution

Chileans head to the polls to vote on...

Santiago (Chile), September 5: Chileans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote on the proposed new constitution.

Sweden announces liquidity guarantees of 23 bln USD to electricity companies

Sweden announces liquidity guarantees of 23 bln USD...

Stockholm (Sweden), September 5: Electricity companies in Sweden and neighboring countries will receive credit guarantees of up to 250...

News Analysis: Washington's unreliability proves a liability in negotiations with Tehran

News Analysis: Washington's unreliability proves a liability in...

Tehran (Iran), September 5: Optimism about an imminent Iran nuclear agreement has been waning as Washington on Thursday said Tehran's...

Kremlin pledges serious response in case of EU visa restrictions

Kremlin pledges serious response in case of EU...

Moscow (Russia), September 5: Moscow will take serious retaliatory measures if the EU formally introduces visa restrictions on Russian citizens,...

Finnish gov't plans 10-bln-euro crisis package for energy companies

Finnish gov't plans 10-bln-euro crisis package for energy...

Helsinki (Finland), September 5: Finnish government proposed on Sunday to provide the country's electricity companies with loans and guarantees of...

Joint military drill kicks off in Jordan

Joint military drill kicks off in Jordan

Amman (Turkey), September 5: The annual Eager Lion military drill hosted by the Jordan Armed Forces kicked off on Sunday...

Iran detects 500 kg of illicit drugs coming from Afghanistan

Iran detects 500 kg of illicit drugs coming...

Tehran (Iran), September 5: Iran's Customs on Sunday announced the discovery of 500 kg of illicit drugs coming from Afghanistan,...