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Despite efforts by the United Nations to impose isolating sanctions on North Korea in response to the country's continued development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles, trade between Russia and North Korea soared more than 85 percent in the first four months of the year.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talking to Centrist Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanding action against Jews... Meanwhile another member of the war cabinet Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered detention without trial for a second Jewish man... Israeli politics the war shaking up public opinion... In Louisville a mistrial declared at the civil rights trial of ex Louisville police officer Brett Hankison... In the Central American nation of Guatemala the Public Prosecutor's Office seeking to prosecute Leftist President-Elect... Israel attacking the Syrian capital Damascus early Friday morning... In France Senator Joel Guerriau arrested accused of drugging a...

MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday demanded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) explain a latest ship inspection incident taking place in the Sea of Japan. A DPRK warship on Friday shot at a Russian fishing vessel without warning in the Sea of Japan before boarding the vessel, the ministry said in a statement. DPRK coast guards onboard the warship allowed the vessel, Altai, to continue its voyage after questioning the captain, said the ministry. No one was injured in the shooting, and the fishing boat was not damaged, the fishing company that owns...