South Korean former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's legal team filed an appeal on Monday against the first-instance verdict on his aiding insurrection charges, Yonhap News Agency reported.

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yamandu Orsi will pay a state visit to China from Feb. 1 to 7, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Monday.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday she would step down immediately if the ruling bloc fails to secure a majority in the upcoming House of Representatives election.Takaichi, who also serves as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, made the remarks during a party

Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority announced that it will implement comprehensive screening for all flights arriving from India's West Bengal, a high-risk region for Nipah virus, starting from 00:00 local time on Monday to prevent the virus from entering the country.In a statement released on

At least four students died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Nili, the provincial capital of central Afghanistan's Daykundi province, on Sunday, the provincial police office said in a statement.The students, who were using unrefined coal in a traditional stove to heat their room, succumbed after

Gunmen opened fire during an amateur soccer match in central Mexico on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12 others, local authorities said.The attack occurred around 5:20 p.m. local time (2320 GMT) at a soccer field in the Loma de Flores community in Salamanca, in the central state of

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to strive for output or revenue growth of at least 10 percent in 2026, local daily Vietnam Biz reported Monday.The request was made in a recently issued directive on accelerating key tasks and solutions to achieve

Several people were injured after a train collided with a truck on Monday in the city of Nemuro in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido, local media reported.Hokkaido Shimbun reported that the accident occurred at a railway crossing in the city. The truck driver was seriously injured, and

South Korea will build two new large-scale nuclear reactors by 2038 as planned, the country's climate minister said Monday.Kim Sung-whan, minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, told a press briefing that the government will proceed with the construction of new nuclear power plants under the

The U.S. state of Minnesota on Sunday rejected conditions set by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to scale down federal immigration operations in the state, amid mounting tensions following the second fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents."The answer to Attorney General Bondi's request

Gunmen opened fire during an amateur soccer match in central Mexico on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12 others, local authorities said.The attack occurred around 5:20 p.m. local time (2320 GMT) at a soccer field in the Loma de Flores community in Salamanca, in the central state of

People attend a funeral held for victims killed in the Vanderbijlpark school transport crash in Sebokeng, South Africa, on Jan. 25, 2026.

Photo released on Jan. 26, 2026 shows the on-site scene at the affected region in Indonesia's West Java.

Authorities have warned that the southeast Australian state of Victoria is facing its most severe heatwave since 2009, with temperatures forecast to exceed record-highs.The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) had the highest-level extreme heatwave warnings in place for regions of Victoria and the

A boat carrying 51 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean recently, with one confirmed alive and 50 still missing, local media reported.The only survivor was rescued by a merchant ship and transported to a hospital in Malta for treatment.According to the survivor, the boat sailed off from Libya on