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A South Korean court handed a three year jail term Monday to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more than 150 peo...

The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193 while recovery...

U.S. captain Jim Furyk raised the gold trophy before a team that dressed in red shirts that filled the scoreboard early with red scores. The...

The death toll from powerful storm Helene jumped to at least 88 on Sunday, with one county in North Carolina alone reporting 30 deaths, auth...

Israel's killing of Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was met with silence by many Sunni-led states across the region, showcasing the...

Mizuki Matsuda from Japan celebrates as she crosses the finish line of the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday. She finished in si...

Low-lying neighborhoods in Nepal's capital Kathmandu were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday after ferocious monsoon rains that poli...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the U.S. deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines "undermines regional peace and s...

Austrians elect a new parliament on Sunday with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) aiming to secure its first general election win in a neck-...

Cosplayers pose for a photo at the Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Saturday.

A Taiwanese consumer protection body filed a class action lawsuit Friday on behalf of 55 people who claim their health was affected by dieta...

Police in Kitami, Hokkaido, have arrested an 81-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 94-year-old wife.Hitoshi Sasaki turned himself in...

Vice President Kamala Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time in her 2024 presidential campaign on Friday as her Republican...

The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighti...

International team member Hideki Matsuyama of Japan shakes hands with United States team members Russell Henley, left, and Xander Schauffele...

Welcome to another episode of Japan This Week, your weekly roundup of trending news stories from the Japan Today website.In this episode, J...

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's pres...

Shohei Ohtani is headed to the postseason for the first time in his career after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West on Thursday night b...

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region late Thursday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, raising fears...

Australia and Britain said they would strike a bilateral treaty to produce a new class of nuclear-powered submarine, under the AUKUS partner...

The Presidents Cup matches were close. The score after the opening session was not.The Americans clung to a 1-up lead in all five matches T...

Tottenham started their Europa League campaign with a 3-0 win against Qarabag despite playing more than 80 minutes with 10 men, but Son Heun...

China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a potential embarra...

People visit the Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, on the opening day of the four-day event on Thursday. A recor...

South Korea will help rehome almost half a million dogs bred for food and give dog farmers subsidies and incentives to help them prepare for...