South Korean lawmakers on Saturday voted to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol, one week after he controversially declared martial law. In dramatic scenes at the national assembly in Seoul, 204 lawmakers voted for an opposition motion to impeach Yoon, while an estimated 200,000 protesters outside demanded he be thrown out of office. Saturday was the […]
Georgia’s political crisis deepened Friday, as new pro-Europe protests gripped Tbilisi ahead of the nomination of a far-right government loyalist as president. The Black Sea nation has been in turmoil since the governing Georgian Dream party claimed victory in contested October parliamentary elections, with its decision last month to delay EU accession talks igniting a […]
Lawmakers in South Korea narrowly failed to impeach the nation’s president over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law. A bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol fell three votes short of the 200 needed to pass, with many members of parliament in the ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotting the vote. The South Korean premier […]
More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa’s eastern Mpumalanga province. Police say three bodies were recovered earlier this week on the first day of the rescue operation. Most of those rescued, reportedly foreign nationals, claim they were forced underground against their will to search for gold. A […]
Rebel forces in southern Syria have reportedly captured most of the Deraa region – the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. A UK-based war monitor reports that the “local factions” were able to take control of many military sites there following “violent battles” with government forces. According to Reuters news agency, rebel […]
South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologised for declaring martial law earlier this week and has said there will not be another such order. The embattled leader is facing potential impeachment following Tuesday night’s declaration, which was quickly overturned in the National Assembly. In response to the president’s address, the leader of his ruling […]
The International Criminal Police Organization — or Interpol — announced Thursday that an operation involving law enforcement from nine South American countries has resulted in the arrest of 45 people and the seizure of more than 3,000 homemade bombs and tons of explosive material linked to regional criminal groups. The collaborative effort, known as Operation […]
A judge presiding over the trial of Daniel Penny, a former Marine accused of choking a homeless man to death on a New York City subway, has dismissed a charge of second-degree manslaughter against him, after jurors failed to reach an agreement. New York jurors still have one less severe charge of criminally negligent homicide […]
Hiring in the US jumped in November, extending a long-running streak of gains that has bolstered the world’s largest economy. The report from the Labor Department showed employers added 227,000 jobs, led by healthcare firms, restaurants and bars. It marked a strong rebound from October, when jobs growth dropped sharply amid disruption from major storms […]
President Joe Biden and his senior aides are discussing the idea of issuing pre-emptive pardons for people President-elect Donald Trump has scorned in recent years as he has hinted about plans for retribution, two sources familiar with the discussions confirmed. While the discussions have included certain names, including Senator-elect Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Dr. Anthony Fauci […]
A 64-year-old woman was found dead four days after she reportedly fell through a sinkhole above an abandoned mine in Pennsylvania, officials say. Elizabeth Pollard was reported missing by family members after she went out to search for her cat on Monday night. Investigators later determined she fell into a 30-ft (9m) sinkhole connected to […]
TikTok’s bid to overturn a law which would see it banned or sold in the US from early 2025 has been rejected. The social media company had hoped a federal appeals court would agree with its argument that the law was unconstitutional because it represented a “staggering” impact on the free speech of its 170 […]
