Tensions Remain High Between the Two Koreas

North Korea is reported to have staged a large-scale artillery exercise to mark the anniversary of its armed forces -- as diplomatic tension rises over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes.

A pledging conference designed to raise funds for Yemen is getting underway in Geneva today, amid what the UN says is now the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

The US state of Arkansas has put to death by lethal injection two convicted murderers, the first double execution on the same day in the US for seventeen years.