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The United States deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy ships in a joint patrol in the disputed South...

Asian stocks were mixed Friday after Wall Street retreated from record highs as investors awaited a U.S. jobs report due later in the day.U...

The NBA will return to China for the first time since 2019 with two pre-season games in Macau between the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns nex...

South Korea's ruling party chief demanded Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol stand down over his martial law attempt, warning he posed a gr...

Arsonists extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue on Friday in what Australia’s prime minister condemned as an antisemitic attack.A witne...

Canada said Thursday it is outlawing another 324 firearm varieties — guns the public safety minister said belong on the battlefield, not in...

Competing with five Japanese skaters in the six-woman field, Amber Glenn of the United States continued her breakout season in figure skatin...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will open the Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly, with Palmeiras and Porto also part of that group fo...

Japan's Crown Prince Akishino, center, his wife Crown Princess Kiko and Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, left, leave...

When you think about it, it’s kind of strange how nap time is common at preschools, but then immediately disappears from kids’ curriculums o...

Japanese tipples sake and shochu -- and the knowledge and skills honed over centuries to make them -- have been added to UNESCO's Intangible...

Bitcoin broke the $100,000 mark for the first time Thursday on hopes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to deregul...

Mexican security forces said on Wednesday they had made the largest fentanyl seizure in the country's history, impounding 1,100 kilograms of...

London’s Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual “Rule Britannia” singalong, is preparing to host a different kind o...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business as...

Japan said Wednesday it will closely monitor the evolving situation in South Korea to determine its implications on bilateral ties, after th...

Novak Djokovic will begin his 2025 season and bid for an 11th Australian Open title at the Brisbane International, it was announced Wednesda...

South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the...

President-elect Donald Trump dialed in to what was described as a “love fest” Tuesday with Senate Republicans as they begin laying the groun...

Ruud van Nistelrooy savoured his first match in charge of Leicester with a 3-1 Premier League win over West Ham, while Crystal Palace edged...

NASCAR opened the season with washouts in the first two races of the year that could have set the tone for a miserable 2024 campaign.Instea...

Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an o...

Japan has experienced its warmest autumn since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, delaying the country's popular displays...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he will travel to Paris to attend this weekend's reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, whi...