Stranger filmed trying to abduct girl, 13, outside gas station after grabbing her by her neck

Cuba is seeking to deepen economic ties with South Korea as it has been grappling with the economic and energy crises exacerbated by decadeslong U.S. sanctions on Havana, the Cuban ambassador to Seoul has said. Ambassador Claudio Raul Monzon Baeza made the remarks in an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Monday, ahead of next week's vote at the U.N. General Assembly on Cuba's annual resolution calling for an end to the U.S. embargo. "There has been a constant trickle of new measures and sanctions that affect both the public and private sectors," Monzon said. "This is an unprecedented offensive aimed at causing a humanitarian crisis by strangling the economy." The ambassador said intensified U.S. sanctions have had far-reaching effects on Cuba's trade, fuel supplies and public services, including healthcare. "If not the worst, it's at least one of the worst situations we've been through," he said. Cuba has submitted an annual resolution against the U.S. embargo since 1992, and this year will be no exception, with a vote scheduled for Oct. 27-28. "There is a clear and unquestiona

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned Thursday of "new counter means" along the inter-Korean border, adding propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts against South Korea will be ready within days. Kim's warning came a day after she visited key locations along the southern border and threatened to take military action against what the North called South Korean troops' provocations against its border fortification work. "Our new counter means will get into the alert for duty at all the southern border line and the loudspeakers against the ROK will be on standby in a matter of days," Kim said in a statement carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). ROK is the acronym for South Korea's official name, the Republic of Korea. Kim warned Wednesday that Pyongyang would resume propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward South Korea later this month, as South Korea has vowed to respond sternly to North Korean troops crossing the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) during border fortification work. "Within the territory where our sovereignty is exercised, the p

President Donald Trump's Wednesday night rally in South Carolina was interrupted by at least six protesters in the opening 20 minutes.

Eleanor Barnfield, 47, was severely injured and bleeding after being attacked at work when she got into her car in Bridgend, South Wales, on Monday morning.

Vets at the charity 'Prickles in a Pickle' discovered Ollie had ringworm and a bacterial infection which caused most of the prickles to fall out.

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A storm travelling south sat over Caboolture for hours on Thursday morning, dropping almost 170 millimetres of rain from 4.30am to 7.30am.

A storm travelling south sat over Caboolture for hours on Thursday morning, dropping almost 170 millimetres of rain from 4.30am to 7.30am.

Spanish photographer Daniel Viñé Garcia received the accolade for his impressive picture of the Parinacota Volcano in Chile, which rises more than 6,300 metres.

Some of Australia's major government websites were taken offline after security vulnerabilities were identified.

A series of comings-out for City of Sydney deputy lord mayor Olly Arkins cemented a childhood friendship with events manager James Declase.

Health chiefs have linked the legacy of the British Empire and slavery to modern-day health inequalities among ethnic minorities - despite admitting evidence from Scotland itself is limited.