Tough negotiations continue at the UN climate change conference in Azerbaijan over funds to be provided to developing ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel would offer a $5 million reward for the return of each hostage held ...

More than 1,000 electricity users in central Tokyo were hit by a temporary power outage on Wednesday. The blackout occurred ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will nominate Linda McMahon as his administration's secretary of ...

The founder of Hong Kong's now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has told a court in Hong Kong that he wanted to ...

A United Nations representative in Afghanistan has called on the international community to not lose sight of Afghan women ...

South Korea's intelligence agency says North Korean troops sent to Russia have been assigned to Russia's airborne brigade and ...

Defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are meeting in Laos from Wednesday. They are being joined by ...

Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner Komeito, and the opposition Democratic Party for the ...

Norinchukin Bank says it posted a net loss of over 890 billion yen, or more than 5.7 billion dollars, in the first half of ...

Japan's fall foliage season has been attracting record numbers of overseas visitors. Arrivals in October hit an all-time high ...

Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture is often dubbed Japan's "City of Jazz." Home to a US naval base, locals have embraced American ...