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A TV screen shows a file image of Ri Il Kyu, a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba, during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday. South Korea's spy agency said Ri has fled to South Korea, the latest in a series of defections by members of the North's ruling elite in recent years.

A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defects to South Korea

South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North's ruling elite that likely hurt leader Kim Jong Un's push to bolster his leadership.

Members of the Lebanese army and the Italian contingent of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force inspect a house destroyed by an Israeli attack during a patrol in Yarine on June 10, 2024.

U.N. peacekeepers take cover as Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel trade attacks

“The situation is really quite volatile,” Capt. Alessandro Crepy, with the Italian contingent of the peacekeeping group UNIFIL, says of the fighting between forces in Israel and Lebanon.

André Braugher, who won Emmys for his roles on <em>Homicide: Life on the Street </em>and <em>Thief</em>, played a cherished police captain on <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine</em> in recent years.

André Braugher, star of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Homicide,' dies at 61

Braugher was known for his strong dramatic presence before he shifted gears and worked in comedy.

How much does Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) want the Iron Throne? ARRRRRdently!

‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 5, Orchestrated maneuvers in the dark (and rainy)

In episode 5, Daemon's dreams go from spooky to scandalous. Plus: Your choice of kings — original recipe or extra-crispy.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves federal court following the day's proceedings in his bribery trial, Thursday in New York.

Jury to begin deliberations Friday in bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

Prosecutors say the Democrat accepted nearly $150,000 in gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to corruptly abuse his power. Menendez has pleaded not guilty to charges

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take a walk during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8.

Modi's Moscow visit points to enduring friendship with Putin's Russia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow for a two-day visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Eatizaz Yousif, the Sudan country director for the International Rescue Committee, poses for a portrait at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. on June 24. She herself was displaced by the conflict a year ago. “As Sudanese, we are pretty resilient," she says, referring to the fighting that has caused 12 million people to flee from their homes. "But this is beyond our resilience."

This Sudanese refugee asks: Why is the world ignoring her country's crisis?

A year ago, she packed what she could, helped her mother, who's in a wheelchair, into the car and drove all night to find a haven. In the U.S. to accept an award, she talks about her country's crisis.

Holding a Border Patrol-issued plastic bag containing her belongings, Mexican migrant Ana Ruiz, right, wipes her tears while talking to a family member at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, after she was deported back to her homeland from the U.S. The asylum halt, which took effect June 5 and has led a 40% decline in arrests for illegal crossings, applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to deportation _ specifically, Mexicans and those that Mexico agrees to take back.

Biden's asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities Mexico will take

The asylum halt that took effect June 5 applies to all nationalities. But Mexicans and those Mexico agrees to take back are most likely to be deported.

Otis Taylor at his belated graduation in May, 2023.

He was expelled after he refused to cut his afro. 57 years later, he got his degree

In 1966, Otis Taylor was refused his high school diploma from Manual High School in Denver, Colo., for refusing to cut off his afro at the administration's request.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives a double thumbs-up after landing in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga.

Assange arrives in Australia after pleading guilty to espionage on the way home

The WikiLeaks founder pleaded guilty to one count of violating espionage laws in a U.S. court in the Northern Mariana Islands, where the judge sentenced him to time served for his lengthy prison stay.

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