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The Pentagon on Thursday said it has 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, more than twice the 900 it has previously said it has, and that the additio...

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of being involved in the stabbing of two junior high school students, one of whom di...

The yen weakened against the dollar Thursday after the Bank of Japan kept borrowing costs unchanged, extending a retreat for the currency th...

At least 100 North Korean troops deployed to Russia have been killed with another 1,000 injured in combat against Ukrainian forces in intens...

Jay-Z’s lawyers asked a judge Wednesday to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by...

Russia's security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow.The suspect was descri...

The teenage victims of a deadly stabbing at a McDonald's restaurant in southwestern Japan last weekend are not believed to have been specifi...

A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after liftoff We...

A federal judge said Tuesday that he won’t dismiss a bribery charge against New York Mayor Eric Adams because prosecutors described the alle...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako meet people affected by torrential rain in September at a junior high school still being used as a tempo...

The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division was killed on Tuesday in a brazen attack in Moscow claimed by Kyiv -- the most seni...

Nick Kyrgios says he will play doubles with enemy-turned-friend Novak Djokovic at the Brisbane International starting later this month in th...

Tomoyuki Sugano is headed to the major leagues at last.The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a $13 million, one-year contract with the star Japan...

A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's r...

New Zealand tore through England's batting Tuesday to post a crushing 423-run third test win and send seamer Tim Southee into retirement on...

TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in th...

Starting in September of 2027, all new passenger vehicles in the U.S. will have to sound a warning if rear-seat passengers don't buckle up....

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he could meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba before he returns to the White House...

Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the defense ministry said Monday, as the island boosts its milit...

Seven guests hospitalized after drinking cocktails in a luxury Fiji hotel -- including four Australians and an American -- are in a stable c...

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 53 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli military sa...

Jamie Foxx required stitches after getting hit in the face with a glass while celebrating his birthday at a restaurant in Beverly Hills, Cal...

The five remaining members of the Australian "Bali Nine" drug ring have returned home after 19 years in jail in Indonesia, the Australian go...

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and was an assist away from a triple-double, Damian Lillard added 25 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the At...

South Korea’s opposition leader on Sunday urged the Constitutional Court to rule swiftly on a bid to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from off...