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The nation's top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Ser...

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause his so-called reciprocal tariffs for 90 days is a "positive development," Japan's top govern...

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who is the front-runner in opinion polls to be the country's next leader, declared his bid for...

Despite a shove from President Donald Trump, House Republicans abruptly postponed a vote late Wednesday on their budget framework, unable to...

Loyal customers of Asian supermarkets and other grocery stores that specialize in selling imported food heaved a collective sigh of dismay w...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO chief Mark Rutte vowed Wednesday to further deepen military ties while stressing the need to...

Asian and European shares slid on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dipping more than 5%, as the latest set of U.S. tariffs including a mas...

Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed U.S.-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearizing the cou...

Billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Donald Trump's senior trade adviser Peter Navarro as "truly a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bric...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday moved to reinstate at least six recently canceled U.S. foreign aid programs for emergency...

A U.S. federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press's access to President Donald Trump's official events...

Export vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama on Tuesday.

China vowed on Tuesday to "fight to the end" if President Donald Trump follows through on a threatened 50% tariff hike, rejecting calls to d...

South Korea's government has approved June 3 as the date for a snap presidential election, following the removal from office of Yoon Suk Yeo...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Donald Trump to pursue deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members using a 1798 law that histor...

Jacob Murphy scored twice in the first 11 minutes and set Newcastle on its way to a 3-0 win over a hapless Leicester in the Premier League o...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pour water on requiem hill as they visit the island of Iwo Jima, which is now officially called Iwo To i...

New Zealand said on Monday it would boost defense spending by NZ$9 billion ($5 billion) over the next four years, and aim to nearly double s...

Asian shares nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff hikes and the backlash f...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro led a rally Sunday in support of an amnesty law that could free him from criminal charges and elim...

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen led from pole to checkered flag to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, his first victory of the 2...

Top seed Jessica Pegula staged a final-set rally to defeat Russian ninth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 and reach the final of the...

Max Verstappen of Red Bull will start from pole position in the Japanese Grand Prix after turning in the top time in qualifying on Saturday...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has test-fired a newly developed sniper rifle, state media said Saturday, as he inspected special forces who...

The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake climbed to 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 missing, state media said on Saturday, as...