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Kim Jong Un Pledges 'Excellent Future' With Russia as Seoul's Peace Offer Goes Unanswered

PYONGYANG, Aug. 16 -- On the same day that South Korea's president stood in Seoul and called on North Korea to open formal talks to end the Korean War, Kim Jong Un sent a message to Vladimir Putin ple... Read More


Erdogan Says EU Membership No Longer a Priority, Calls Europe the Loser

ANKARA, Aug. 16 -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not withdraw Turkey's application to join the European Union on Saturday. The file remains open in Brussels, where it has sat since the bloc recognised Anka... Read More


Liechtenstein Opens Throne to Women, Ending Male-Only Succession Rule

VADUZ, Aug. 16 -- The man who controls one of the last genuinely powerful monarchies in Europe stepped before his nation's celebration on Friday and announced he would, in time, give up the principle ... Read More


Horoscope Today, 16 August 2026: Moon Meets Venus at Her Farthest Reach Before Saturn Sends the Bill at Night

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Horoscope today, 16 August 2026, turns on one meeting in the western sky that the syndicated daily horoscope will not mention at all. At 12.41 pm IST, the waxing crescent Moon co... Read More


Britain Declares Wildfire Emergency as PM Burnham Warns Nation Is a 'Tinderbox'

LONDON, Aug. 16 -- Millions of phones in England and Wales received the same message simultaneously on Friday afternoon. The government's emergency alert system, which exists for flooding, terrorism, ... Read More


Ukraine Strikes Savasleyka Airbase and Roscosmos Plant in Samara With Flamingo Missiles

KYIV, Aug. 16 -- The MiG-31K fighters based at Savasleyka airfield, in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, carry one weapon Ukrainian air defenses cannot reliably stop: the Kinzhal, a hypersonic ballisti... Read More


Netanyahu Calls Britain 'Islamic Republic,' UK Says Remarks Completely Unacceptable

The remark, Aug. 15 -- Britain's government formally raised objections with Israel's government on Saturday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the United Kingdom as "the Islamic Republi... Read More


Putin's First Presidential Visit to Kuril Islands Triggers Japan Protest

MOSCOW, Aug. 15 -- For eighty-one years, no Russian president had set foot on the disputed Kuril Islands. Vladimir Putin changed that on Tuesday, not to negotiate or invite Japan to the table, but to ... Read More


Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Southern Lebanon, Three Children Dead in Ansar Home Attack

The Ansar strike, Aug. 15 -- Three children were among the seven people killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed a family home in the village of Ansar, in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh region, on Frid... Read More


South Korea's Lee Proposes Ending Korean War as Joint US Drills Begin in 48 Hours

SEOUL, Aug. 15 -- Lee Jae Myung used South Korea's most emotionally charged public holiday on Saturday to make a peace offer Pyongyang was almost certain to receive with suspicion. Speaking on Liberat... Read More