Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is set to return to the High Court in Durban as her high-profile trial resumes, in a case linked to the July 2021 unrest that left parts of the country…
North Korea’s Kim oversees navy cruise missile test
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un directed tests of advanced strategic cruise and anti-ship missiles from a naval destroyer, state outlet KCNA confirmed Tuesday. Sunday’s exercise marks another in Pyongyang’s ongoing…
Japan-based airlines report record 429 cases of in-flight smoking in 2025
Japan’s major airlines logged a record 429 onboard smoking incidents across domestic and international flights in 2025, according to the transport ministry’s Monday announcement. Officials point to the rising popularity of heated…
Japan: Ex-day-service worker @rrested over s*xual abuse of 5-year-old dis@bled girl
A former day-service worker for disabled children has been arrested for allegedly s*xually ass@ulting and producing child p0rn0graphy of a 5-year-old girl with a disability, Tokyo police said Monday. The police suspect…
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV after the pope criticized his foreign policy and immigration stance.
“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” Trump posted on Truth Social. Leo, the first U.S.-born pope elected last year, has become a vocal opponent of the U.S.-Israeli…
Catholic nuns caring for dying patients fight New York trans rule, face jail time
Catholic nuns who have spent more than a century caring for dying poor patients are suing New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, arguing that a new state law could force them to choose…
Trump Orders U.S. Navy Blockade of Strait of Hormuz After Failed Iran Talks
Just one day after collapsed peace negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, President Donald Trump announced a dramatic U.S. Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions in…
Japan says N Korea weapons buildup increasingly urgent threat
Japan’s defense minister said Friday that North Korea’s accelerating weapons development poses an increasingly urgent threat to national security, following Pyongyang’s testing spree earlier this week. Shinjiro Koizumi made the remark as…
Seven & i Holdings to delay listing of U.S. unit to FY2027
Seven & i Holdings Co said Thursday it will postpone the listing of its U.S. 7-Eleven convenience store business unit from its planned schedule in 2026 to fiscal 2027. In pushing back…
Florida woman who posed as nurse and treated more than 4,400 patients without a license avoids jail time
A Florida woman who posed as a nurse and treated more than 4,400 patients without a license was sentenced this week to probation and community service after pleading no contest, avoiding jail time in…