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Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered...

Anime and game fans attend the 105th ComicMarket Show in Tokyo on Sunday.

Anime and game fans attend the 105th ComicMarket Show in Tokyo on Sunday.

Japan's national high school soccer tournament is thriving after more than 100 years, attracting huge crowds, millions watching on TV and br...

Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka are expecting their first child, the World Series winner announced Sunday."Can'...

South Korea's fire agency says that 62 people are dead after a plane caught fire during landing at an airport in the country's south.The fi...

A plane with malfunctioning landing gear veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire Sunday at an airport in southern South Korea, ki...

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be siding with Elon Musk and his other backers in the tech industry as a dispute over immigration vi...

One Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone win...

Olivia Hussey, who starred as a teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," garnering her a Golden Globe, died Frida...

Senior members of Canada's cabinet held talks Friday with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to lead the departments of commerce a...

Arsenal began life without Bukayo Saka by beating Ipswich 1-0 to move into second place in the Premier League and cut Liverpool's lead to si...

Construction work continues off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps'...

A majority of South Korea's parliament voted on Friday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo.Prime Minister Han has been acting presiden...

South Korea's spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia's war against Ukraine had been capture...

The number of influenza patients reported in Tokyo in the week ending Dec 22 has doubled from the previous week, exceeding the warning level...

Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Mast...

Communities and firefighters across Australia’s second-most populous state were preparing Thursday for potentially devastating wild fires as...

Japan Airlines Co said Thursday that its system network is under a cyberattack, with at least 9 domestic and some international flights dela...

Patrick Mahomes passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns and the Kansas City Chiefs locked up the top seed in the AFC for the fourth time i...

A diver wearing a blue Santa Claus costume inside the "Penguins in the Sky" tank feeds African penguins at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo.

Shares slipped in Tokyo and Shanghai on Wednesday, two of only a handful of world markets open on Christmas day. Oil prices rose. Japan's...

South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol did not respond on Wednesday to a second summons by anti-corruption authorities who, along w...

Pope Francis said the story of Jesus' birth as a poor carpenter's son should instil hope that all people can make an impact on the world, as...

Hong Kong on Tuesday imposed bounties of HK$1 million ($128,728) on six more pro-democracy campaigners deemed to have violated national secu...