North Korean women are powerless against sexual violence by government officials. Unwanted sexual behavior occurs even so often that it is seen as a normal phenomenon in daily life in the isolated dictatorship, concludes Human Rights Watch after talks with dozens of displaced North Koreans.
Kidnappers in Colombia have claimed 4.4 million euros in ransom in exchange for the release of a great cousin of the world famous writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez who died in 2014. The police announced that on Wednesday.
The US wants to send inspectors to North Korea to view nuclear complexes there. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that he would like to discuss this next week during a meeting with his North Korean colleague.
An earthquake with a strength of 6.7 on Tuesday morning hit the North Island of New Zealand. According to reports in the media, the earthquake lasted about 30 seconds.
The severe weather that plagues Italy has killed five people on Monday. That happened at various places in the country. Two young people died south of Rome because a tree fell on their car. The same happened to someone in nearby Terracina and a walker in Naples. A woman was mortally wounded by flying debris.
At least seventeen people were killed in a bus accident in Pakistan. The vehicle hit the north of the country off the road and landed in a ravine, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reports.
US President Donald Trump believes the media in the United States are taking advantage of the case with the bomb packs sent to prominent Democrats and Trump critics this week. According to the president, media use this incident to score politically over his back.
North and South Korea have made new agreements to further reduce the tension between the two countries. For example, both countries will dismantle eleven border posts before the end of next month and form a military team that will investigate further measures.
President Donald Trump has admitted that there is no evidence for his claim that Middle Eastern terrorists are among the migrants moving from Honduras towards the American border. However, he accused Venezuela and not named 'leftist groups' of encouraging the so-called caravan.
The accident with a passenger train last week in Morocco, which killed at least seven people, is probably caused by too high speed. The justice system in Morocco announced this on Tuesday.
Woodstock is next year in the top 3 tourist regions recommended by Lonely Planet. The legendary hippie festival then celebrates its 50th anniversary.
A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a polling station in the north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday. At least fifteen people were killed. More than 25 people were also injured, a safety officer said.
The Spanish island of Mallorca has been hit again by severe weather and flooding. This time it was stormy weather in the north of the island, more than 45 kilometers away from the capital Palma de Mallorca. Due to heavy rains from Thursday evening until Friday morning, rivers quickly left their banks.
According to various media, the German authorities have prevented a major terrorist attack by Islamic State. This was preceded by a survey of more than a year. It was intended that in June three jihadist teams would travel to Germany to make the preparations and ensure implementation.
The prevented junk in the Bavarian Gemering, where two Dutch criminals were arrested, is reminiscent of a feature film. A gang tried to ram a bank with a lightning stolen Audi, but was awaited by the police. This was followed by a shooting and a chase, with four injuries as a result. 'The agents were in mortal danger.'
In Canada, cannabis was sold for the first time legally. Canadians stood in line to buy the soft drug, media reports in the North American country.
A passenger train derailed to the north of the Moroccan capital, Rabat. Moroccan media reported that at least six people were killed and 72 injured. This is only a provisional balance according to the local authorities. Images of the drama show a lot of twisted steel and sometimes also turned trains.
A four-year-old from Gladbeck (North Rhine-Westphalia) took home a grenade after a holiday in the Netherlands. The lad had found the explosive from the Second World War when he was playing on the beach, reports the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
The tropical storm Leslie caused much damage during the night from Saturday to Sunday along the coast of Portugal. Trees and electricity poles fanned, roofs flew from houses, roads were blocked and there was a lot of flooding, especially in the province of Estremadura north of the capital Lisbon.
The parents of pastor Andrew Brunson had initially missed the news about his release. Mother Pamela Brunson heard in her own words from a journalist from Reuters news agency about the ruling of a Turkish court.
Six people were killed as a result of hurricane Michael in the southwest of the United States. Most of the deaths have fallen in the state of Florida, namely four. People also died in the states of Georgia and North Carolina. The authorities fear that the death toll can still start running.
The son of the owner of the extended limousine company who died on Saturday in the US state of New York has been arrested. Nauman Hussain is suspected of death by guilt for negligence, reports the police in New York. The police thinks he is responsible that the limo could go on the road despite problems during the inspection.
More than 12,000 people were evacuated Tuesday morning from a large area in the north of Ukraine where explosions occurred in a munitions depot. Until the noon, fires were reported on the spot of disaster, Russian media reported.
The journalistic research network Bellingcat says he has discovered the identity of 'Alexander Yevgenyevich Petrov', one of the two suspects in the Skripal case. It was about Aleksandr Yevgenyhich Mishkin, military doctor of the Russian military intelligence service GROe.
The death toll due to the earthquake in Haiti on Saturday (local time) has risen to fifteen. More than three hundred people were injured. This has been reported by the head of the civil protection service of the Caribbean country.
The police withdraw from the 'brown coal forest' at Hambach on Monday morning. This was announced by Minister Herbert Reul of the Interior of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 'I think it's time for peace, order and silence in the forest.'
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, during a brief visit to Pyongyang, worked out Kim Jong-un with 'options' for a new summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader. Washington called it a constructive conversation in which, among other things, the location and the date were discussed. It is 'another step forward', the American department reported without going into details.
The United States and North Korea are making progress in their negotiations on the dismantling of the North Korean nuclear weapons arsenal. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported this via Twitter on Sunday after consultation with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
In the northeast of the Congo, five new cases of Ebola infection were registered one day. That has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. According to the authorities, the increase is not only due to the constant danger that rebel groups form in the Beni region. The aid workers who try to stop the dreaded disease also receive insufficient cooperation from the population.
The lives of many villagers in Central Sulawesi have been spared because the residents were terrified by a smaller earthquake three hours before the devastating earthquake of over a week ago.
