Three foreign skiers were killed in an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia, Canadian police said Thursday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the three were among 10 skiers delivered by helicopter and who were caught by the slide on Wednesday near the Panorama
Germany’s foreign and development ministers on Wednesday presented new feminist foreign policy guidelines that are supposed to ensure that all people “have the same right to representation and access to resources.” The government policy focuses on considering and supporting the needs of
China says it will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to its newly completed orbiting space station. Long a source of national pride and symbol of technological advancement, the Chinese space program is taking on a new diplomatic and political role,
The foreign ministers of Japan and New Zealand agreed on Monday to speed up talks on an intelligence sharing pact as the two island nations vowed to strengthen security ties and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid shared concern over an increasingly
Egypt’s foreign minister arrived in Turkey on Monday to show solidarity with the quake-hit country, in the first high-level visit from Egypt since relations between Ankara and Cairo started to improve after years of friction. Sameh Shoukry traveled to the southern Turkish
Egypt’s foreign minister Monday met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country. Sameh Shoukry is Egypt’s most senior official to visit Syria since 2011, a day after Cairo’s parliament speaker, Hanafy el-Gebaly,
North Korean parents will be sent to prison if their kids are caught watching foreign films just once, according to a new report. Parents were previously let off with a stern warning if their children were found to be in possession of
Australia’s top intelligence official revealed that the country has purged a number of “highly trained” spies that have operated in the country for years. “They were good – but ASIO was better. We watched them. We mapped their activities. We mounted an
Britain’s government said Monday it has summoned Iran’s top diplomat in the U.K. after journalists based in the country were targeted for intimidation by Tehran. The Foreign Office said its Middle East director Vijay Rangarajan met with Iranian Chargé d’Affaires Mehdi Hosseini
A woman funded her lavish life of designer bags and foreign holidays by selling heroin and crack cocaine, a court heard. Engineer Danielle Stafford, 29, had a long-standing “additional cash income stream” but was caught by chance when police stopped her for