Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross human rights violations.

Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after losing chunks of the border territory to a surprise Ukrainian incursion.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday defended his country's participation in the Russia-Ukraine war as an "exercise of its sovereign rights," according to media reports. Kim made the remarks during a visit to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang to mark the 80th anniversary of Russia's Victory Day, Yonhap News Agency reported on Saturday.

Russia and North Korea officially confirmed that North Korean soldiers are actively involved in Russian military operations. Their role wa

Moscow used a World War II commemoration to signal to Washington that Russia can be a helpful ally—or a fearsome foe.