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Visitors to the Osaka Expo line up outside the U.S. pavilion on Tuesday. The wait time was about 90 minutes.

Gunmen shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday before fleeing the scene, poli...

Ten people were slightly injured in Tokyo on Tuesday when a maintenance vehicle caught fire after an explosion at a construction site, polic...

"Birds of a Feather" singer Billie Eilish landed the top honor on Monday at the American Music Awards, winning artist of the year in Las Veg...

North Korea has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile shield plan as a "very dangerous" threat that aims to weaponize sp...

Money-losing Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Corp is banking on its latest “e-Power” technology for a turnaround.A kind of hybrid, e-Power...

An Australian state government is banning the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall injured a young man.V...

At least 11 people were taken to hospitals after a shooting Sunday night in a South Carolina beach town, authorities said.Horry County Poli...

President Donald Trump made it clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, leveling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leade...

Shohei Ohtani took a significant step Sunday toward making his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers.The two-way superstar faced hitte...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology produ...

Japan's Hiroto Shinozuka and Shunsuke Togami celebrate with their trophy after wining the men's doubles final match at the ITTF World Table...

A 32-year-old man who had been arrested on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Act temporarily escaped from a police station after...

Helicopters were being used on Sunday to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods that have kille...

North Korea has detained shipyard officials responsible for a recent major accident during the launch of a new warship, state media said on...

Japan's Naomi Osaka smiles during a press conference at the Roland Garros stadium ahead of the French Open tennis tournament, in Paris on Sa...

A fire that broke out at a factory near Tokyo's Haneda Airport, causing delays to some flights, was almost completely extinguished Saturday...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday the clean-up had begun in the country's southeast after floods killed five peopl...

Ukraine’s capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack early Saturday with explosions and machine gun fire heard throug...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a new "partnership" between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, sending the...

Takuma Sato, of Japan, sits in his car before the start of practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Ind...

Mainz midfielder Kaishu Sano was called up by Japan on Friday for the first time since a public prosecutor closed a sexual assault investiga...

He imposed martial law, sent armed troops to parliament, and was unceremoniously stripped of office -- but some South Koreans still believe...

The body of a man was found in a car trapped in floodwaters in Australia's southeast on Friday, raising the death toll to four, after three...

Emperor Naruhito, right, greets Dutch King Willem-Alexander before their meeting at the imperial palace in Tokyo on Thursday.