South Korea bans travel to parts of Cambodia after student killing
Seoul, South Korea - Seoul on Wednesday banned travel to parts of Cambodia with South Korea shaken by the torture and killing of a college student there.
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Seoul, South Korea - Seoul on Wednesday banned travel to parts of Cambodia with South Korea shaken by the torture and killing of a college student there.
South Korea will dispatch a response team to Cambodia to tackle crimes targeting South Koreans amid rising cases of job scams following the torture and death of a college student that shocked the nation, according to the presidential office on Tuesday.
Britain and the United States on Tuesday sanctioned a Southeast Asia-based multinational network accused of operating large-scale online 'scam centres' in Cambodia that used trafficked workers to defraud victims around the world.
Aboard Air Force One - US President Donald Trump declared Sunday that the "war is over in Gaza" as he headed on a high-stakes peace trip to Israel and Egypt.
Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza and began to pull back its forces on Friday, as tens of thousands of exhausted Palestinians made their way back to their devastated homes.
Oslo, Norway - Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
Cairo, Egypt - US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza, after days of indirect talks in Egypt.
Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza to free the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, accepting elements of a plan put forward by the Trump administration that Palestinians greeted warily Thursday as a possible breakthrough toward ending the devastating two-year-old war.
Oslo, Norway - When it comes to this year's Nobel Peace Prize, one thing is almost certain: US President Donald Trump will not win, no matter how much he wants it. But who will?
The US Senate has confirmed Sean O’Neill, a former consul general in Chiang Mai, as the next US ambassador to Thailand.
Japan's ruling party picked hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country's first female prime minister in a move set to jolt investors and neighbours.
Berlin, Germany - Germany's Munich airport halted flights after several drone sightings, a police spokesperson told AFP early Friday, the latest in a string of similar aviation disruptions across Europe.