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South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law i...

Syrian rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs early on Sunday after only a day of fighting, leaving President B...

Olympic and world champion cyclist Katy Marchant was taken to hospital after crashing at the Track Champions League on Saturday.Spectators...

Reigning World Cup champion Marco Odermatt clinched his first win of the season taking top spot in the super-G at Beaver Creek on Saturday....

French officials solved an awkward seating dilemma at the Notre Dame cathedral re-opening on Saturday by placing First Lady Brigitte Macron...

Australia's government defended its record on curbing antisemitism on Saturday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused it of...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologized for his attempt to impose martial law this week and bowed during a televised spe...

German figure skaters Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin danced to a runaway defense of their pairs gold title at the ISU Grand Prix F...

Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama, known for having starred in the acclaimed 1995 romantic film "Love Letter," and a string of hit d...

The United States deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy ships in a joint patrol in the disputed South...

Asian stocks were mixed Friday after Wall Street retreated from record highs as investors awaited a U.S. jobs report due later in the day.U...

The NBA will return to China for the first time since 2019 with two pre-season games in Macau between the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns nex...

South Korea's ruling party chief demanded Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeol stand down over his martial law attempt, warning he posed a gr...

Arsonists extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue on Friday in what Australia’s prime minister condemned as an antisemitic attack.A witne...

Canada said Thursday it is outlawing another 324 firearm varieties — guns the public safety minister said belong on the battlefield, not in...

Competing with five Japanese skaters in the six-woman field, Amber Glenn of the United States continued her breakout season in figure skatin...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will open the Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly, with Palmeiras and Porto also part of that group fo...

Japan's Crown Prince Akishino, center, his wife Crown Princess Kiko and Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, left, leave...

When you think about it, it’s kind of strange how nap time is common at preschools, but then immediately disappears from kids’ curriculums o...

Japanese tipples sake and shochu -- and the knowledge and skills honed over centuries to make them -- have been added to UNESCO's Intangible...

Bitcoin broke the $100,000 mark for the first time Thursday on hopes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to deregul...

Mexican security forces said on Wednesday they had made the largest fentanyl seizure in the country's history, impounding 1,100 kilograms of...

London’s Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual “Rule Britannia” singalong, is preparing to host a different kind o...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business as...

Japan said Wednesday it will closely monitor the evolving situation in South Korea to determine its implications on bilateral ties, after th...