South Korea Splurges on Sister of Kim Jong Un; Drops His Name …

FILE PHOTO – South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, in Seoul, South Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) February 10, 2018. KCNA/via REUTERS Reuters. By Christine …

Police in Montenegro say they are “working intensely” to identify an assailant who threw an explosive device into the U.S. embassy compound in the capital, Podgorica, before killing himself. Feb. 22, 2018, at 5:32 a.m.. Feb. 22, 2018, at 5:32 a.m.. U.S. News & World Report. Montenegro Police Working to …

A child walks near damaged buildings in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh Reuters. By Angus McDowall. BEIRUT (Reuters) – Despite the collapse of Islamic State last year and a widespread international perception that Syria’s …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves during the opening ceremony for a bomb-proof emergency room in a hospital in Ashkelon, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) The Associated Press. By IAN DEITCH, Associated Press. JERUSALEM (AP) — Now that one of Benjamin …

Humanity’s struggle against monstrous creatures has been a perennial favourite of storytellers for thousands of years. We see it in Gilgamesh’s battle against Humbaba, Beowulf’s doomed struggle against Grendel and the dragon, and Ahab’s bitter feud against Moby Dick. Today, the trope is perhaps more …

A ballot box donated by the Government of Japan is seen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring Reuters. By Prak Chan Thul. PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Japan donated over 10,000 ballot boxes for …

FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, wearing a military uniform, gestures as he attends the 67th founding anniversary of the First Scout Ranger regiment in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco Reuters. MANILA …

“Here’s one of the most famous people in the world, and in his presence you realize how humble he is,” Bush said in 2010, recalling how a 1985 meeting with Graham gave him inspiration and direction in his life. “His humility and obviously his love for God and Christ can overwhelm the cynic. And I was a …

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres gives a speech during a ceremony at Lisbon University where Guterres received his honoris causa degree, Portugal February 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante Reuters. LISBON (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday …