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South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in 15 years.Brad S...

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Friday endorsed an Arab League counter-proposal to U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial pl...

People in Japan believe closer economic ties should be a top priority in diplomacy with the United States, according to a government poll re...

Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than half a century fro...

Rights advocates raised alarm, including free speech concerns, on Thursday after it was reported that the U.S. State Department will use art...

SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, causing the FAA to halt air traffic...

A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion owed to partners of the U.S. Agency for Inte...

Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, appointed its first foreign CEO and handed him the task o...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will pause tariffs on most imports from Mexico until April 2, in the latest move of an unpredic...

Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he's now unemployed and say...

At least eight people were hurt on Thursday after a shell was dropped on a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during live-fire...

New Zealand will sack its top diplomat in London after he made a "deeply disappointing" remark questioning Donald Trump's grasp of history,...

Harvey Elliott scored with his first touch after coming on as a late substitute to give Liverpool an unlikely 1-0 win away to Paris Saint-Ge...

Members of the Ryukyukoku festival drum band perform outside the Okinawa Cellular baseball stadium, where the Yomiuri Giants are training in...

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering letting go up to half of its approximately 90,000 employees, a source with knowledge...

China's defense spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its armed forces undergo rap...

A rare tropical cyclone veered toward Australia's densely populated eastern coast on Wednesday, sparking emergency warnings, closing hundred...

U.S. President Donald Trump took a victory lap in an address to Congress on Tuesday, drawing catcalls and interruptions from some Democratic...

The Pritzker Prize, dubbed the "Nobel" for architecture, was awarded Tuesday to China's Liu Jiakun, who was recognized for designs that cele...

Real Madrid eked out a 2-1 home victory over crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid, while Arsenal and Aston Villa scored emphatic first-leg victo...

Arsenal's talented teenage duo Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri combined on Tuesday to help the Gunners to an imperious 7-1 Champions Le...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday that his tariffs on Canadian imports were "a very dumb th...

Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from...

An Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades, has died aged...

Arab leaders are gathering in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an alternative to a widely condemned plan from U.S. President Donald Trump to assu...