RENNES, France (AFP) -- One of the jihadists who murdered an elderly French priest smiled as he carried out the attack, and nuns who witnessed the grisly murder said the killers spoke about the Koran.The two nuns who were in the church when Father Jacques Hamel was killed, his throat slit on the altar, said the men appeared aggressive and nervous during the attack at the Eglise Saint-Etienne in Normandy on July 26.Then, one of the attackers seemed pleased."I got a smile from the second (man). No

Nearly seven out of every 10 South Koreans enjoy playing some type of video game, a survey showed Saturday, explaining the growing size of the country's game industry.In a recent survey conducted by the state-run Korea Creative Content Agency, 67.9 percent of those surveyed said they regularly played one or more types of video games.The survey was conducted on 3,045 people aged between 10 and 65 years.Stock image(123rf)Out of the total, 60.2 percent said they played mobile games, mostly on their

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A computer service used by the campaign of Hillary Clinton was hacked as part of a broader breach of the Democratic National Committee, an intrusion for which the Russian government is the leading suspect, the campaign said Friday.The breach affected a DNC data analytics program used by the campaign and a number of other organizations, according to the campaign. It said outside security experts reviewing the campaign’s computer system have found “no evidence that our internal

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday stressed the importance of complying with a rules-based international system in a meeting with his counterparts from South East Asia shortly after they were unable to agree on a statement criticizing China for territorial expansion in the South China Sea. Kerry met with the foreign ministers from the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a regional security conference in Laos on Monday and made no direct m

Police said Monday they are investigating a hacking case involving a leak of more than 10 million customer data from a leading South Korean online shopping mall.An unidentified suspect allegedly hacked into the server of Interpark Corp. and stole customer information, including names, addresses and phone numbers, in May, according to police.Police suspect that the hacker sent an email containing malicious codes to the company officials and penetrated its database.The investigation was launched e

MIAMI (AFP) -- At least two people were killed and 14 others wounded in a shooting early Monday at a Florida nightclub, police said, in an incident that reportedly occurred at a party for teenagers.The attack comes just six weeks after an attack at a gay club in the state left 49 dead in the worst massacre on U.S. soil since 9/11.Officers have detained one "person of interest" and two other individuals for questioning over the latest shooting, which happened at Club Blu in Fort Myers.The venue w

LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May met Northern Ireland's leaders in Belfast Monday in a bid to allay Northern Irish concerns about Britain's vote to leave the European Union.May was holding talks with First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. The leaders of Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration were divided on the EU. Foster's pro-British Democratic Unionist Party backed the "leave'' side in the June 23 referendum, while McGuinness' Irish

South Korea's presidential advisory body on inter-Korean ties adopted a resolution Thursday supporting the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system, called THAAD, on the peninsula."We actively support the government's THAAD deployment decision aimed at protecting the people's life and security against growing North Korean nuclear and missile threats," the operating committee of the National Unification Advisory Council said in the statement.South Korea's Defense Ministry announced l

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank has left its key interest rates unchanged at record lows as it assesses the impact on the economy of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.President Mario Draghi is expected to use his post-decision news conference Thursday to underline the bank's willingness to add to its stimulus programs if the economy takes a serious hit.Draghi could indicate the bank's readiness to extend its monthly bond purchase stimulus of 80 billion euros ($88 bi

BEIRUT (AFP) -- Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front has executed 14 captured men it accused of fighting for President Bashar al-Assad, in retaliation for a regime advance near Damascus.A video distributed via the group's social media accounts showed 14 men, many with injuries including black eyes, stating their names as they lined up in pairs in front of the group's black flag."Implementation of the death sentence against a group of... regime prisoners because of their attack on Harira vi

The United States has made a final decision to impose anti-dumping duties of up to 48 percent on imports of corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea, a key trade agency here said Thursday.In its recent ruling, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that the related U.S. industry is actually hurt by products from South Korea and four other nations sold at less than fair value and subsidized by their governments, according to the Korea International Trade Association.It was uph

[THE INVESTOR] The South Korean government said on June 28 that it will propose a revision bill to the current pharmaceutical law, in order to enhance the availability of medicine and first-aid medical supplies to citizens.The Ministry of Health and Welfare said they are preparing to propose the revision by Aug. 28. If the bill passes, pharmacists will be allowed to install medicine vending machines in front of their pharmacies.The Pharmaceutical Affairs Act states in Article 50 that an owner or

[THE INVESTOR] Household products company Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, which has been blamed for the largest number of victims from the use of toxic humidifier disinfectants, released an expanded compensation plan for victims over the weekend. The victims and their families, however, remain opposed, saying the additional compensation still neglects victims with relatively less damage and overlooks different causes of death allegedly caused by the products.In a closed-door meeting attended by some 150

AYRSHIRE, Scotland (AP) -- Donald Trump, in a visit to Scotland on Friday, hailed Britain's vote to leave the European Union, drawing parallels to the anger driving his own presidential campaign."I love to see people take their country back,'' he told reporters at a news conference at one of his golf courses in Scotland. "And that's really what's happening in the United States'' and other parts of the world.The campaign leading to Thursday's stunning vote for Britain to leave the European Union

The government and ruling Saenuri Party said Friday that they will not consider revising an economic growth outlook downwards or expanding an extra budget because of Britain's exit from the European Union.They reached the agreement as they believe the impact of Brexit on South Korea's economy would be "limited," party officials said.The two sides held an emergency meeting at the National Assembly after Britons voted to leave the EU in a historic referendum."We have sufficient capabilities to res

MOSCOW (AP) -- The Russian parliament on Friday adopted a set of controversial counter-terrorism amendments which have sparked alarm among rights activists.The amendments that the Duma voted on Friday include introducing prison sentences for failure to report a grave crime and doubling the number of crimes that Russians as young as 14 years old can be prosecuted. Another forces telecommunications companies to store logs and data for months, a measure which threatens to eat almost all of the comp

BEIJING (AFP) -- Britain's decision to quit the world's largest single market presents China with a golden opportunity to seek better business terms with a more isolated UK, analysts said Friday, pointing out that London has not had its own trade negotiators for 40 years."Now that the referendum has happened, I would imagine that China will be quick to seize the opportunities," Guy de Jonquieres, senior fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy, told AFP.If a departing Br

BEIJING (AFP) -- Chinese officials have restricted civil servants, students and children in a mainly Muslim region from fasting during Ramadan, government websites said as the holy month began on Monday.The country's ruling Communist party is officially atheist and for years has banned government employees and minors from fasting in Xinjiang, home to the more than 10 million-strong mostly Muslim Uighur minority.It has also ordered some restaurants to stay open.The region sees regular clashes bet

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Donald Trump says he made "a lot of money" in a deal years ago with Moammar Gadhafi, despite suggesting at the time he had no idea the former Libyan dictator was involved in renting his suburban New York estate."Don't forget, I’m the only one. I made a lot of money with Gadhafi, if you remember," Trump said in an interview with CBS’ "Face the Nation" that aired Sunday. "He came to the country, and he had to make a deal with me because he needed a place to stay.""He paid

North Korea's state-run media accused the South Korean Navy of violating its sea border Monday amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.The Korean Central News Agency monitored in Seoul said warships from the South violated its waters in the Yellow Sea around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. It claimed that South Korea pushed 19 fishing boats into waters Pyongyang claims at its own.The news wire said that the move was aimed at triggering a response from the North that could be used by Seoul to blame