Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message ...

Carlos Alcaraz joined reigning Italian Open champion Alexander Zverev in the last 16 in Rome after seeing off Laslo Djere 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 on center court on Sunday. Four-time Grand Slam champion ...

I suspect the US will get its forces out of Japan in the event of a Taiwan conflict. Whether that alone causes Japan to be drawn into the war, I don't know. No they have not a reliable Allie, A Allie ...

At the biggest jewelry center in the United States, Alberto Hernandez fired up his machine on a recent day and waited until it glowed bright orange inside before shoveling in an assortment of rings, ...

Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old soldier in the Israeli Army who was born and raised in New Jersey, will soon be released in Gaza, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday.

Business is booming at Japanese discount chain Don Quijote, which sells everything from nostril-hair wax to compact gadgets and colourful party costumes, thanks to its cult status among tourists but ...

The leaders of Japan and Chile on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of free trade as both countries feel the impact of tariffs unleashed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. In a ...

Taiwanese right-hander Gu Lin Ruei-yang took a perfect-game bid into the sixth inning en route to his first complete-game shutout in Nippon Professional Baseball on Sunday, as he pitched the Nippon ...

The Tokyo government has begun work to redevelop a two-kilometer expressway which encircles the capital's Ginza shopping district into an elevated greenway for pedestrians by the 2040s. The Tokyo Sky ...

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 71-year-old woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of her brother in a room at their home for three years. Police said they believe the woman, Yoshiko Nitta, may ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday they reached a deal with China to cut the U.S. trade deficit, describing "substantial progress" in ...

Millions of Filipinos headed to the polls Monday in a mid-term election widely seen as a referendum on the explosive feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached Vice President Sara Duterte.