GENEVA—North Korea’s leaders, including Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, must be held accountable for crimes against humanity committed against their people, a U.N. special investigator said in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Over the past six years, U.N. Special Investigator Marzuki Darusman has submitted a succession of hard-hitting reports to […]
SEOUL—North Korea has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike as U.S. and South Korean forces began their largest joint exercises ever conducted. The annual joint drills often intensify tensions on the divided Korean peninsula, but this year the situation is particularly volatile, given tough new United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for its recent nuclear […]
SEOUL—The United States and China reached an agreement Wednesday on imposing new U.N. sanctions on North Korea for its recent nuclear test and long-range missile launch. Details have yet to be released on the proposed measure. The U.N. Security Council is set to hold closed consultations on the issue Thursday. The U.S.-China agreement is expected […]
State-run Iranian media outlets have raised $600,000 to add to the bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, according to reports from the semi-official Fars news agency. This is biggest increase in the bounty since its inception 27 years ago. The latest hike reportedly brings the total award close to $4 million. The […]