Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith will visit North Korea at the invitation of leader Kim Jong Un for celebrations commemorating the country's ruling party on 10 October, state news agency KCNA announced.
The visit would be a rare trip by a foreign head of state to North Korea, which is under heavy international sanctions for its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, and has maintained restrictions on foreign visitors.
Vietnam's Communist Party chief To Lam is also expected to visit North Korea in October, which would be the first visit in nearly 20 years by a Vietnamese leader to the isolated nation.
That potential visit, with preparations still underway, has not been officially announced by either side.
South Korean officials said there are signs that North Korea will stage a military parade for the holiday, commemorating the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
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China says it is ready to develop its relationship with North Korea to strengthen strategic cooperation in international and regional affairs, North Korea's state media KCNA reported.
During a meeting with Kim Jong Un, Dmitry Medvedev expressed gratitude for North Korea's military support in the Kursk region, highlighting the sacrifice of North Korean soldiers as a testament to the strong bilateral relationship.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to further strengthen his country’s alliance with Russia, in a letter to President Vladimir Putin marking his birthday and praising his leadership.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Athletic Club host Qarabağ FK on Wednesday at San Mamés, aiming to earn their first points in the new Champions League league phase as the Azerbaijani side look to extend their perfect start.
Moscow says it will not seize European assets but warns it could reconsider if the European Union moves to confiscate frozen Russian sovereign funds.
The investigation into the downing of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, which crashed near Aktau on 25 December 2024, is nearing completion, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said on Wednesday.
Shots were fired outside Serbia's parliament building in Belgrade on Wednesday and one person was injured, local media reported.
Flights were suspended from 10:30pm on Tuesday until 6:30am on Wednesday, following sightings of illicit balloon traffic in Lithuanian airspace, the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) said.
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