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Trump, Netanyahu greater threats to world peace than Mojtaba Khamenei, Spaniards believe - poll

Asked to name the leader who most endangers world peace, 81% of respondents indicated that Trump is a significant danger, followed by 79.2% for Putin and 71.2% for Netanyahu.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.
This picture taken on February 2, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on February 3, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech at the inauguration of the Samgwang Stockbreeding Farm in North Pyongan Province, North Korea.

North Korea says South Korea should prevent 'sovereignty violation' after drone intrusion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during an event to celebrate the Air Force's 80th anniversary, at the Kalma Airfield, in Wonsan, North Korea, November 28, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency November 30, 2025.

North Korean Kim Jong Un to consolidate his daughter as next in position

A projectile flies mid-air on the day North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill, according to local media, at an unknown location, December 28, 2025, in this pictured released December 29, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea fires ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast


Second-highest military official in North Korea fired with no reason given

Pak Jong Chon was noticeably absent in photos released on Monday of Kim's New Year's Day visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

 Pak Jong Chon, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, speaks to military personnel from the Korean People's Army medical corps attending the launch of a campaign to improve the supply of medicines, May 17, 2022.

North Korea threatens Japan over 'very dangerous' military buildup

Japan last week announced its biggest military build-up since World War Two as tension with China and a hostile North Korea and Russia's Ukraine invasion stoke fears of war.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a photo session with the scientists, engineers, military officials and others involved in the test-fire of the country's new Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released on November 27, 2022.

North Korea's Kim reveals daughter at ballistic missile test

A surprising addition to the launch was the presence of Kim's daughter, whose existence had never been publicly confirmed before.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures as he watches the test-firing of a new-type tactical guided weapon according to state media, North Korea, in this undated photo released on April 16, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

North Korea fires missile, flies warplanes near South Korea border

South Korea's National Security Council condemned the North for escalating tension.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un oversees a missile launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 10, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

S.Korea offers talks with N.Korea to discuss reunion of separated families

The two Koreas have held family reunions around major holidays, mostly under liberal governments in the South.

Soldiers from North and South Korea verify the removal of guard posts on each side of the Demilitarized Zone, December 12, 2018.

North Korea reports unknown fever cases near China border, denies COVID

Authorities have dispatched epidemiological, virology and test experts to the area to investigate the cause of the fever cases while imposing measures to prevent their spread.

 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un poses for a photo with Korean People's Army medics during a meeting to recognise their contributions in fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 18, 2022.

Putin says Russia, North Korea to expand bilateral relations

In a letter to Kim for Korea's liberation day, Putin said closer ties would be in both countries' interests.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019.

Pelosi vows support to denuclearize N.Korea, plans to visit Korea border

North Korea said it will "never tolerate" US accusation of its nuclear program * Pelosi plans to visit Korea border

 US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and South Korea?s National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo (not pictured) attend a joint news announcement in Seoul, South Korea August 4, 2022.

North Korea reports outbreak of unidentified disease alongside COVID-19

South Korean officials have said that the disease, only referred to be North Korea as an "acute enteric epidemic" is likely to be either cholera or typhoid.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at a politburo meeting of the Worker's Party on the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak response in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 21, 2022.

North Korea stages military parade - S.Korea military source

The event was believed to include some of the North's newest missiles, including its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was first test-fired last month

 A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017.