SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has completed construction of a massive tourist zone on its east coast, state media reported on Thursday, a key project driven by leader Kim Jong Un for years to promote tourism. Read full story

GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) -Ecuador's most-wanted fugitive, the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, has been recaptured after escaping jail last year, President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday. Read full story

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Business leaders in New York City voiced concerns on Wednesday, following progressive Democrat Zohran Mamdani's likely victory in the city's hotly contested primary for mayor the day before. Read full story

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's lower house of Congress on Wednesday overturned a May decree from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva raising the financial transactions tax (IOF) on certain credit, foreign-exchange and private pension plan operations. Read full story

(Reuters) -Ukraine and the Council of Europe human rights body signed an agreement on Wednesday forming the basis for a special tribunal intended to bring to justice senior Russian officials for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon will create two new military zones along the border with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, a move that allows troops to temporarily detain migrants or trespassers. Read full story

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Britain said it would buy a dozen F-35A fighter jets capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons in what it described as the biggest expansion of its nuclear deterrent in a generation. Read full story

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said on Wednesday his country does not expect any repercussions from its refusal to meet the defence spending target of 5% of gross domestic product to be set by NATO member countries in a Summit held in The Hague. Read full story

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary heading for their countries' first visit to the International Space Station. Read full story

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) -On Africa's dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's increasingly global struggle with its adversary Russia. Read full story

(Reuters) -The jury in the trial of an Australian woman accused of a triple murder with a meal she allegedly laced with toxic mushrooms is expected to begin considering its verdict this week, in a case that has gripped the country. Read full story

MORWELL, Australia (Reuters) -The trial of an Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband's elderly relatives using toxic mushrooms entered its final stages on Wednesday, with the jury soon to begin its deliberations in a case that has gripped the nation. Read full story

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Wednesday released a draft 30-year national infrastructure plan, which highlighted a need for the country to invest more in hospitals and electricity production and to prepare to spend more on responding to national disasters. Read full story

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life of a tycoon in a $12-billion fraud case. Read full story

VIENNA: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for nuclear inspections in Iran to resume following the ceasefire between the Islamic Republic and Israel, reported German news agency dpa. Read full story

US auto safety regulators are looking into incidents where Tesla Inc's self- driving robotaxis appeared to violate traffic laws during the company's first day offering paid rides in Austin. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the U.S. housed a "nuclear weapons development program," even though U.S. spy agencies have said no such program existed. Read full story

HELSINKI, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Finland has completed the second section of its border fence along the eastern frontier with Russia, the national broadcaster Yle quoted the Finnish Border Guard as saying on Tuesday. Read full story

(Reuters) -A suspect in the bombing of a California fertility clinic in May has died in federal custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said on Tuesday. Read full story

(Reuters) -Naturally-regenerating forests are often ignored by policymakers working to curb climate change even though they hold an untapped potential to rapidly absorb planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere, scientists found in a research paper published Tuesday. Read full story

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers spent a half-hour on Tuesday putting on their defense case at their client's sex trafficking trial, paving the way for jurors to hear final arguments before weighing the hip-hop mogul's fate. Read full story

GENEVA (Reuters) -Over 40 people, including children and health care workers, were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan at the weekend, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Read full story

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (Reuters) -At a shooting range 10 miles from the Russian border, Finnish army reservist Janne Latto opened the trunk of his car and unpacked a small surveillance drone and controller, equipment he sees as vital for any future conflict with Finland's neighbour. Read full story

PARIS (Reuters) -Months-long talks between French trade unions and employers over reforms to the pension system collapsed late on Monday, prompting Prime Minister Francois Bayrou to call a meeting with both sides to find a way out of the deadlock. Read full story

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has described the impeachment complaint against her as "nothing more than a scrap of paper" in her formal response to the Senate, saying the case was baseless and should be dismissed for being unconstitutional. Read full story

KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will seek reelection for another term in polls due early next year to extend his nearly four-decade rule, according to a senior official from the ruling party. Read full story

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's cabinet reshuffle has been settled and the government coalitionremains strong, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday. Read full story

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(Reuters) -A Russian drone attack on a village in the Sumy area overnight killed an 8-year-old boy and two adults and injured another three people, the military administration of the region in northeast Ukraine said early on Tuesday. Read full story

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's military has closed border crossings into Cambodia to almost all travellers, including tourists and traders, citing security concerns as tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbours remain escalated over a simmering border dispute. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Monday Iran was no longer able to build a nuclear weapon after U.S. strikes destroyed its infrastructure. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Before strapping into the cockpit of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber for missions that can stretch beyond 40 hours, pilots undergo weeks of preparation that focuses not only on flight plans, but what to eat. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the 12th plenary meeting of the eighth central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, state media reported on Tuesday. Read full story

TUNIS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The 25th Arab Radio and Television Festival opened Monday in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, and would run through Thursday. Read full story

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Iraq removed a trade ban it had imposed on Brazilian chicken meat after a bird flu case on a commercial farm last month, while South Korea eased its restrictions, the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry said on Monday. Read full story

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harms they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportations. Read full story

(Reuters) -Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Tehran's attack on U.S military base al-Udeid in Qatar came in response to the U.S. "aggression against Iran's territorial integrity and sovereignty." Read full story

ATHENS (Reuters) -Dozens of firefighters battled to tame wildfires fanned by strong winds on the Greek island of Chios in the northeastern Aegean Sea for a second day on Monday as authorities evacuated more villages. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that the situation in the Middle East was "very urgent" and financial markets were becoming unstable due to increasing uncertainty. Read full story