The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has dismissed a 52-year-old police sergeant for photographing 20 female corpses he examined and taking the image data home. According to police, the police ...

Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, and a United States attack is ‌underway, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a ...

The United Kingdom's overhaul of its asylum program takes effect on Monday, the Home Office announced, with the new rules drastically cutting protections for refugees and their children. Under the ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday fired back at China's continued criticism of Japanese attempts to reinforce its defense capabilities. "China appears to have been waging a propaganda ...

North Korea released a rare image on Saturday of leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter firing a rifle at a shooting range, adding to speculation that she is being groomed as his successor. Kim's ...

Scotland supporters can wear their kilts in all their customary glory at the World Cup. The Scottish Football Association told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it had reached agreement with FIFA ...

Venezuelan opposition leader and ‌Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said ‌she plans to ⁠return to the ⁠country ⁠in the coming ‌weeks, according to a ⁠message posted ⁠on her social media ...

Oil markets currently closed for the weekend are set to see price swings this week as the impact from the U.S. and Israeli strikes on oil supplies from the Middle East remains unclear. Scenarios ...

U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index, which measures inflation before it hits consumers, rose 0.5% from ...

A manga platform run by the major Japanese publisher Shogakukan Inc allowed an author to produce works under a different name despite knowing he was convicted of a sex crime, according to people ...

Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n' roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died.

At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in ...