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The top lawyer on Donald Trump's transition team investigated a longtime adviser to the president-elect over allegations he used his proximi...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday pledged a 25% tariff on all products from Mexico and Canada from his first day in office, and an...

Newcastle’s winning run in the English Premier League came to an abrupt end when goals from Thomas Souček and Aaron Wan-Bissaka gave West Ha...

Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu visited Afghan government officials on Monday, assuring them Moscow will soon remove the Taliban...

Police detained dozens of people in Istanbul who tried to join a rally Monday calling for greater protection for women in Turkey, where more...

Russia's military captured a British national fighting with Ukrainian troops who have occupied part of Russia's Kursk region, according to r...

A girl plays under yellow ginkgo leaves at Showa Kinen Park in Tokyo on Monday.

A 93-year-old former top bureaucrat who was serving a sentence for a high-profile 2019 Tokyo car accident that left two people dead has died...

Shares climbed in Asia on Monday, tracking last week’s gains on Wall Street, and analysts said investors were viewing President-elect Donald...

The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday social media firms would be required to destroy personal data used to verify ages...

Reigning champion Kansas City edged Carolina and Detroit ripped Indianapolis on Sunday to reach an NFL-best 10-1 while Dallas shocked arch-r...

Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 97...

South Africa back-rower Pieter-Steph du Toit was named best men's player in the 15-a-side game while France's Antoine Dupont took the Sevens...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday called on Ukraine's Western partners to concentrate their efforts on helping provide an air defense...

Max Verstappen claimed a fourth consecutive Formula One world title under the lights of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday and was immedia...

MUFG Bank has fired an employee for allegedly stealing assets worth between 1 billion and 2 billion yen from safe deposit boxes of some 60 c...

Formula 1 drivers complained this week about the smell of marijuana as they prepared for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with one even joking they...

The United States is using Taiwan to provoke a serious crisis in Asia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told TASS news agency...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture in his second adminis...

A Las Vegas man called for police help during a home invasion before an officer shot and killed him, according to authorities and 911 calls....

World champions South Africa hammered Wales 45-12 in Cardiff on Saturday to condemn Warren Gatland's team to a 12th consecutive test defeat...

Wealthy countries raised their offer of climate finance to $300 billion a year at COP29 on Saturday, raising hopes of a deal with developing...

Japanese convenience stores are known for serving up great food, but this month FamilyMart is stealing the spotlight with a new duo of sweet...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed...