North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, Seoul's military said, its first launch of the year just hours before South Korea's leader heads to China for a summit.

Britain's and France's air forces conducted a joint operation ‌on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State ⁠group in Syria, Britain's defense ...

The Trump administration's capture of Venezuela's president and plans to “run” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. moves under a broader campaign against the ...

Police in Isa City, Kagoshima Prefecture, are looking for a man who broke into a woman's home and threatened her with a knife in an attempted robbery. According to police, the incident occurred at ...

Paula Moltzan and Mikaela Shiffrin finished within striking distance of Swiss leader Camille Rast in the opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Saturday. The Americans stood second and ...

Kazuhiro Okuda, chairman of the local tourism association in Wakura on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture. More than half of hot spring inns remain closed two years after a strong earthquake on ...

Japan's economy is likely to fall behind India's in 2026 to fifth place in the world, according to an International Monetary Fund's estimate, potentially diminishing the East Asian nation's presence ...

After months of growing military pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump ordered a brazen operation into the South American country to capture its leader and whisk him ...

Two people who ran a Swiss bar that burst into flames during a New Year's Eve party, killing 40, are under criminal investigation on suspicion ‌of offenses including homicide by negligence, ...

The travel rush of people returning from year-end and New Year holidays in Japan peaked on Saturday, with shinkansen bullet trains fully booked and airports bustling. JR Shin-Osaka Station in western ...

Japan aims to reduce clothes waste by 25 percent by fiscal 2030 compared with 10 years before to address the environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions-heavy garment production. The move to ...

Infielder Kazuma Okamoto and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $60 million, four-year contract, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday. The people spoke to the ...