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"Koinobori" carp streamers fly over a beach in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday downplayed warnings that the country's top-level AAA rating was under threat due to billions of...

A man suspected of stabbing a young Malian to death in a mosque in southern France and filming his victim writhing in agony has surrendered...

North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leade...

Japan's Mao Saigo birdied the first extra hole to win a five-woman playoff and capture her first major title on Sunday at the LPGA Chevron C...

A shooting in the popular South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach left 11 people injured, and police fatally shot one person, authoritie...

Crown Prince Akishino, representing Emperor Naruhito, prepares to place a flower on a table installed near a portrait of the late Pope Franc...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrived in Vietnam on Sunday, kicking off a four-day trip that will also take him to the Philippines...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a...

Crystal Palace is getting another shot at winning the FA Cup — and won't have to meet Manchester United in the final this time.Palace beat...

A powerful explosion ripped through a key port in southern Iran on Saturday, injuring more than 500 people, state media said, with the cause...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a "very productive" meeting on Saturday in Rome, a White House offi...

Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire overnight in contested Kashmir for a second day running, the Indian army said Saturday, follow...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday cultural diversity was the country's strength as he pledged A$25 million ($15.9...

Emperor Naruhito, right, welcomes Denmark's King Frederik X before a dinner together at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.

India's army chief will review security arrangements on Friday and visit the site of a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir earlier...

Crowds of Australians and New Zealanders gathered just before dawn on Friday to observe solemn Anzac Day ceremonies, but one service was bri...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a confere...

The United States is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, six sources with direct knowledge of the iss...

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced a man to three years in prison, suspended for five years, following an accident in which one of the w...

Tesla electric car sales in Europe plunged in the first three months of the year, industry data showed Thursday, in a fresh blow to its boss...

Dissatisfied customers who verbally and sometimes physically confront waiters, sales clerks and other types of service providers now risk be...

Tensions flared in Bosnia on Wednesday following reports that Bosnian state security officers tried to arrest the pro-Russian Bosnian Serb p...

Denmark's King Frederik X holds a bowl of ramen at Ippudo, a famous ramen restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district, during his visit to Japan, o...

China is considering building a nuclear plant on the moon to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) it is planning with Russi...