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The airstrikes came a day after the Iran-aligned militants fired a missile that struck near Israel's main airport.

Pope Francis shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy and sought to make the Roman Catholic Church more inclusive and less judgm...

Japan will shift the main objective of imprisonment from punishment to preventing repeat offenses.

The former emperor has been diagnosed with a high probability of myocardial ischemia, which occurs when blood flow to the heart is insuffici...

Launched on April 1, the channel surpassed 100,000 subscribers in just a week.

One supermarket chain has said such moves reflect a corporate responsibility to tackle the nation’s chronically low birth rate.

A Fukuoka school has become Japan’s first to earn JAS certification for organic school lunches, using seasonal and local produce to promote...

Ballots from nearly 99.6% of voting stations showed Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, 55, was in second place at around 21%.

The Jets trailed by two late in the game but tied the contest with under 3 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime.

The seventh-seeded Warriors advanced to play the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves, with Game 1 set for Tuesday in Minneapolis.

No details were provided on how the tariffs would be implemented.

Andrew Nembhard drilled five of Indiana's 19 3-pointers on the way to a team-high 23 points and Tyrese Haliburton scored 22 points and hande...

The new ground operations will likely involve taking control of additional territory while stopping short of a full siege.

The outcome of the ongoing bilateral negotiations will have a major impact on this summer's election in the Upper House.

Buffett, the 94-year-old architect and face of Berkshire Hathaway, built the firm from humble beginnings into one of the world’s most valuab...

The championship is the first major title for English forward Harry Kane, the league's top scorer this season.

The Japanese government is aggressively supporting startups, and large companies are seeking more opportunities to bet on entrepreneurs.

Albanese’s center-left government has the best chance in years to take the hard steps economists have called for to ignite growth.

The win from fourth on the grid was the Australian's third in a row, after Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and fourth of the season.

Hamas officials have accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering Gaza.

The Taiwanese writer reflects on the importance of queer community, her ascent in Japan’s literary world and her ongoing battles against onl...

The U.S. president has drawn widespread criticism for repeatedly brushing up against constitutional guardrails, most recently over his mass...

Nintendo games have never been cheap, but the company seems to be nickel-and-diming more than ever with its new console.

Weeks of U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis, an Iran-backed militant group that holds areas in Yemen, have so far failed to halt the group’...

Cake shop and bakery worker topped the overall rankings covering both boys and girls, chosen by 11.7% of the respondents.