South Korean President Moon Jae-In insisted Thursday he was ready to meet the North's leader "wherever and whenever" to ease tensions after…

War crimes judges ruled Thursday that South Africa flouted its duties to the International Criminal Court in 2015 by failing to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted on genocide charges, reports AFP. The widely expected judgement slapped Pretoria for failing in its obligations and…

US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 224 civilians since the Syrian forces it backs entered Islamic State group bastion Raqa a month ago, a monitor said on Thursday, reports AFP. But the coalition pushed back against the report, saying its "critics" were not conducting "detailed…

European scientists said Thursday they have discovered a new subatomic particle containing a never-before-seen combination of quarks -- the most basic building blocks of matter, reports AFP. The particle, a baryon dubbed Xicc++, contains two heavy "charm" quarks and one "up" quark,…

Turkish police have arrested eight leading human rights activists including Amnesty International's Turkey director Idil Eser in Istanbul, reports BBC. Two trainers - from Germany and Sweden - were also arrested in the raid on a digital security workshop at a hotel in Buyukada. The police raid was…