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".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says prospects for a Cyprus settlement remain alive, a year after a failed peace effort, and has instructed an envoy to press on with efforts to kick-start talks.
Australia is considering moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Tuesday, following the lead of US President Donald Trump.
The two Koreas and the United Nations Command (UNC) will launch trilateral consultations on Tuesday on disarming the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the heavily fortified border area, Seoul's defence ministry announced.
The Moroccan navy on Monday rescued 38 migrants and recovered one body from a boat that ran into trouble off the kingdom's coast, the official MAP news agency reported.
An economist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations urges governments to support smallholder farmers in overcoming a range of constraints in production, marketing, exports and in the overall value chain to ensure that they make use of these market opportunities and strengthen their competitiveness in organic production.
The approval rating for President Moon Jae-in declined for the second straight week last week, a poll showed on Monday, mainly due to South Korea's top diplomat's controversial remarks on sanctions relief for the North.
Securing a Brexit deal will be vital for European security, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Monday, ahead of a week of crucial talks.
Three people were killed and several injured when a light aircraft crashed into a group of onlookers in Germany on Sunday, said media reports citing police.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CSU allies suffered historic losses in Bavaria state elections on Sunday, dealing a blow to her fragile three-party coalition government.
Japanese government plans to create a new residency status tentatively called “worker with particular skills” (see below), as part of a new system for accepting more foreign workers, it has been learned.
Worldwide Caesarean section use has nearly doubled in two decades and has reached "epidemic" proportions in some countries, doctors warned Friday, highlighting a huge gap in childbirth care between rich and poor mothers.
The United States said on Thursday that it will increasingly restrict civilian nuclear exports to China as President Donald Trump vowed a hard line on trade, bluntly warning not to think Americans are "stupid."
