The top U.S. admiral on Monday called China 's shipbuilding capability “impressive” as Beijing moves ahead with a rapid buildup of the world's largest navy, and said America's cooperation with Asian ...

An elementary school boy who was home due to flu symptoms fell from his fourth-floor balcony at a residential building in Tokyo on Monday, police said. The first-grader had taken a sick day and was ...

The Tachikawa Branch of the Tokyo District Court has handed down a three-year prison sentence, suspended for five years, to a 71-year-old woman convicted of killing her 102-year-old mother at their ...

Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. The 30-year-old princess developed a fever of around 38 C on Tuesday ...

Japan has warned its citizens in China to be careful of their surroundings and to avoid big crowds amid a diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan. The escalating spat ...

He was one of the most powerful police officers in New Zealand and a year ago almost won the country’s top law enforcement job. But the public didn’t know Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming ...

An existential question hangs over this year's COP30 summit in Brazil: what are the annual U.N. climate negotiations really for? More than 30 years of talks on global action to tackle climate change ...

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, are being sent home, and those who will remain will continue to stay off the streets amid court battles over their domestic ...

Thousands of Czechs and Slovaks on Monday celebrated the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, with protests that warned ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled special fast-track visas for people with tickets to the 2026 World Cup -- but his administration warned it was no guarantee of entry to the United States ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he supports aggressive action against drug cartels and narcotics production in Mexico and Colombia, his latest saber-rattling in the region after a series of strikes ...

So much for Germany being at risk of missing the World Cup. A 6-0 thrashing of Slovakia on Monday completed Germany’s recovery from a shocking start to group play as the four-time champion maintained ...