North Korean leader Kim Jong Un voiced support for China’s push to build a “multipolar world” and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media said Saturday. During the meeting Friday, Kim said his government will fully support Chinese efforts to achieve territorial integrity based on its “one-China principle,” a reference to Beijing’s official position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, according to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. Kim also outlined North Korea’s position on unspecified regional and international issues of “mutual concern” and...

A court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday convicted more than 300 terrorism suspects in a mass trial that spanned four days. The mass trial began Tuesday, with many suspects pleading guilty to charges brought against them by the Nigerian government. Many of them have since been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison after they appeared before a panel of 10 judges. “In total, we brought about 508 cases. Of these 508, we were able to secure 386 convictions,” Nigeria’s attorney general told journalists after the mass trial on Friday. “We have been able to bring...

Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni announced Friday that he has prostate cancer and will be undergoing treatment for it in China, where he was diagnosed with the disease. In a statement he posted on his Facebook account and carried by Cambodia’s state news agency AKP, the 72-year-old constitutional monarch said he was diagnosed with the cancer during a medical examination at a state hospital in Beijing. He and his mother, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath, traveled there at the end of February for their routine checkups. Sihamoni’s message did not mention how serious his condition is. Prostate cancer is usually treatable if...

In a stunning political reversal, prominent supporters of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s campaign for California governor withdrew their support Friday after the congressmember denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including when she worked for him. Swalwell was among the leading Democrats in the race to replace outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom. But in just hours, he saw his most prominent supporters – including U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and powerful labor unions – drop their endorsements and call for his exit from the race. Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate who has avoided engaging in the contest to replace him,...

A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year. Sentebale, which supports young people living with HIV in Botswana and Lesotho, filed suit last month in London’s High Court, according to court records viewed Friday. Online filings show Harry and his friend, Mark Dyer, a former trustee at the charity, are being sued for either libel or slander. No documents were available. “The charity seeks the court’s intervention, protection, and restitution following a coordinated adverse media campaign conducted since 25...

The Artemis II astronauts are back on Earth. The three Americans and one Canadian returned with a dramatic splashdown Friday evening, as their capsule parachuted into the Pacific to close out a nearly 10-day trip to the moon and back. The crew was the first to visit the moon since NASA’s Apollo era more than a half-century ago —AP