North and South Korea: Kim and Moon hail new future
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North's Kim Jong-un have hailed a new future for the two Koreas, signing a wide-ranging agreement in Pyongyang.
The two sides have "agreed on a way to achieve denuclearisation," Mr Moon said.
North and South Korea also plan to link up railways, allow family reunions and co-operate on health care.
The summit results were described by Mr Kim as a "leap forward" towards military peace.
"The North agreed to permanently close the Tongchang-ri missile engine test site and missile launch facility in the presence of experts from relevant nations," Mr Moon said after the signing.
Kavanaugh accuser's call for FBI inquiry before testimony is dismissed
Senate committee head says no need for delay after Christine Blasey Ford urges investigation before she testifies
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, said in a letter the FBI should investigate her claims as a “first step” before she testifies in front of the Senate judiciary committee.
In response, committee chairman Chuck Grassley stressed his position that Ford “deserves to be heard” but effectively dismissed her request to postpone the hearing until after an FBI investigation.
“Dr Ford’s testimony would reflect her personal knowledge and memory of events,” he said in a statement on Tuesday night. “Nothing the FBI or any other investigator does would have any bearing on what Dr Ford tells the committee, so there is no reason for delay.”
Journalism under threat and corruption prevails in Ukraine, despite IMF demands
In Kiev, Kim Sengupta finds corruption claims are muddying the country's journey to democracy
The European Court of Human Rights may become involved in a case that will have a profound impact on the freedom of the media in Ukraine and efforts to tackle endemic corruption four years after a revolution that was meant to usher in a new era of transparency and justice.
Natalie Sedletska, a highly respected investigative journalist, sought in the Court of Appeal in Kiev on Tuesday to overturn a court order to hand over her mobile telephone data going back 17 months to the Office of the Prosecutor General. The move has been strongly condemned by US and European Union officials, but the Ukrainian government says it is determined to follow it through.
Yemen conflict: 5 million children face famine
More than 5 million children are at risk of famine in war-torn Yemen, according to charity Save the Children. Renewed attacks on the key port city of Hodeida could further disrupt food, fuel and aid supplies.
Disruption to supplies coming through Hodeida could "cause starvation on an unprecedented scale," UK-based NGO Save the Children has said in a new report.
Renewed attacks on the Red Sea city by the Saudi-led coalition could temporarily shut down the key port, putting 5.2 million children at risk of famine as food and fuel prices soar.
Renewed attacks on the Red Sea city by the Saudi-led coalition could temporarily shut down the key port, putting 5.2 million children at risk of famine as food and fuel prices soar.
"Even the smallest disruption to food, fuel and aid supplies through its vital port could mean death for hundreds of thousands of malnourished children unable to get the food they need to stay alive," said Yemen representative Tamer Kirolos on Wednesday.
War crimes court opens preliminary probe into Rohingya expulsions
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor announced Tuesday that she is launching a preliminary investigation into deportations of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh.
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a written statement and video message that she has begun a probe formally known as a preliminary examination to establish if there is enough evidence to merit a full-blown investigation.
Bensouda said she will look at reports of "a number of alleged coercive acts having resulted in the forced displacement of the Rohingya people, including deprivation of fundamental rights, killing, sexual violence, enforced disappearance, destruction and looting.
Exclusive: US police 'using Tiger Text app to conceal evidence'
Long Beach police accused of using self-deleting messaging software to avoid disclosing incriminating evidence.
Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has discovered that a self-deleting messaging app called Tiger Text has been adopted by at least one US police department, which may have used it to share sensitive and potentially incriminating information that they wouldn't want to be disclosed to a court.
Current and former officers from the Long Beach Police Department in Southern California have told Al Jazeera that their police-issued phones had Tiger Text installed on them.
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