Officials say the North Carolina bar shooting that left three dead was highly premeditated, with the suspect tied to anti-LGBTQ claims.

Under the spotlight of the General Assembly's annual meeting of world leaders, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong amplified his country's longstanding complaints about U.S.-led military exercises with South Korea and Japan.

Coffee giant Starbucks will lay off workers and close stores as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan, CEO Brian Niccol said in a memo to employees on Thursday.

A father called for stricter penalties during a hearing Monday in North Carolina, saying that like in the recent fatal light rail attack in Charlotte, his daughter's suspected killer was a repeat offender.

North Korea will never give up its nuclear program, the country's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, describing it as "tantamount to demanding it to surrender sovereignty and right to existence.

The legendary singer-songwriter was set to tour in support of his book, "Cat on the Road to Findout," which will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 7.

Iryna Zarutska, 23, was stabbed to death while riding a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, sparking renewed fear regarding the safety of public transit throughout the country.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of North Korea and China agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism, a likely reference to their pushbacks against the United States.