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Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday after multiple Israeli strikes inside Lebanon since a ceasefire took ho...

A bear was trapped and killed Monday after a two-day stay in a northeastern Japan supermarket, police said, ending an incident in which the...

A Greenland court will decide on Monday whether to further extend the four-month-long detention of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, pendi...

The U.N. environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress w...

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of making false statements on a gun ba...

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman who is the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tif...

Eight people are dead and two others are wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in north-central Mexico and opened fire on custo...

Negotiators aiming for an international treaty to curb plastic pollution are set for fierce debate on the last day of scheduled talks, as ov...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America’s premier law enfo...

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar.Hi...

The DeNA BayStars celebrated their first Japan Series title in 26 years Saturday with a championship parade through Yokohama.Manager Daisuk...

Thousands of people on Saturday walked along the Imperial Palace's Inui-dori (road) in Tokyo to enjoy the late autumn foliage.By 11 a.m., m...

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of spare parts for F-16 jets and radars to Taiwan for an estimated $385 million, t...

Southampton were denied victory by a controversial VAR decision in a 1-1 draw at high-flying Brighton on Friday.Flynn Downes had just cance...

More than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars shipped from Asia were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Los Angeles-L...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged his NATO counterparts to issue an invitation at a meeting in Brussels next week to Kyiv t...

Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight and on Friday in the Gaza Strip, medics said, as efforts to revive Gaza c...

Asian shares were mixed on Friday after U.S. markets were closed Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.U.S. futures and oil prices rose....

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Friday that filing impeachment complaints against the vice president, who is facing a legal st...

From defense updates to weasel crime, here’s your weekly roundup of the biggest and quirkiest stories from Japan Today for Nov. 29, 2024.In...

Taiwan's government expressed disappointment on Friday that members of a Trans-Pacific trade pact had not set up a working group to consider...

Manchester United marked Ruben Amorim's first game at Old Trafford with a 3-2 Europa League victory over Bodo/Glimt as Rasmus Hojlund netted...

Jihadist fighters cut the Damascus to Aleppo highway on Thursday during an offensive that a monitor says killed around 200, including civili...

Sets of hina traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers and major events of 2024 in Japan are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo...

South Korea grappled with heavy snowfall for a second day on Thursday, with dozens of flights canceled, ferry operations suspended and at le...