North Korea said that it is determined to faithfully carry out its summit agreement reached with the United States in June to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula.

EU leaders warned on Wednesday there must be more progress in Brexit negotiations, despite hearing a personal plea by British Prime Minister Theresa May, who said she was open to a longer transition phase to unblock the talks.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez agreed on Tuesday to boost their countries' economic and security co-operation as this year marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties.

Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday hit out at President Emmanuel Macron after French police were caught committing the "unprecedented offence" of dumping migrants in Italian woods.

The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided on Wednesday to give 339 Yemeni asylum seekers humanitarian stay permits in South Korea, the justice ministry said.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Saudi leaders have promised to ensure accountability over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as they denied any responsibility for his disappearance.

South Korea’s top government and political figures, corporate executives and diplomats from Southeast Asia gathered at The Korea Herald’s inaugural business forum on Tuesday, an event that aimed to increase mutual understanding and co-operation and reinforce economic ties between the two sides.

Russian will quit the Council of Europe voluntarily if its opponents in the association insist on its expulsion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

British and European leaders insisted on Monday they could still reach a Brexit deal despite the latest failed round of divorce talks, but the EU warned a no-deal scenario was "more likely than ever before".