More than 10,000 people waving Russian flags and carrying portraits of Stalin watch tanks roll through Ukraine’s de facto rebel capital Donetsk in celebration of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. Video provided by AFP
Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in was leading the South Korean presidential election with 60 percent of votes counted. (May 9)
President Trump has authorized the Pentagon to arm Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State , a move certain to cause friction with NATO ally Turkey.
In 1984, storms washed away all the sand at Dooagh, Achill Island in Ireland. For years, it has been a bare and rocky coastline. But after a recent freak tide, it’s back!
An errant firecracker landed on a cache of fireworks and touched off a powerful explosion at a home in central Mexico, killing at least 12 people and injuring 30 more, authorities said on Tuesday. (May 9)
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet this week with Russia’s top diplomat as the two countries try to salvage a relationship that Tillerson says is worse than at any time since the Cold War.
Moon has questioned sanctions against North Korea and wants closer relations with the North.
Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In won South Korea’s presidential election by a landslide Tuesday, according to an exit poll, sealing the momentum for change after a tumultuous scandal. Soon after the exit poll was released, Moon’s supporters gathered in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, where millions of people had taken part in candlelit demonstrations to demand Park Geun-Hye’s removal. Video provided by AFP
Iraqi forces announce they have retaken yet another neighbourhood of western Mosul, tightening the noose around jihadists holed up in the Old City. Video provided by AFP
