French President Emmanuel Macron has said a truce between Ukraine and Russia could be agreed in the coming weeks.
He was speaking to Fox News in Washington following talks with Donald Trump at the White House on the third anniversary of Russia's (...)
Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from power-hungry sectors like AI and semiconductors.
An energy plan approved by the cabinet on Tuesday called for "maximizing the (...)
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of Japan's former prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023.
Ryuji Kimura, 25, hurled a pipe bomb at Kishida as the country's leader approached a crowd for a speech during an (...)
As the dust settled on the Munich Security Conference, European leaders were left caught off guard by the recent statements of the Trump administration on the war in Ukraine and European defense.
After a phone call with Russian President Vladimir (...)
Japan has formally requested an exemption from US President Donald Trump's planned 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, as well as other reciprocal tariffs, Tokyo-based Kyodo News reported on Sunday.
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya made the (...)
Malaysia and Egypt have firmly rejected any plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza, stressing that such moves would undermine Palestinian statehood and violate fundamental rights.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday night that he (...)
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a US Navy spokesperson said Thursday.
It's not clear what caused the collision between (...)
A Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of an Australian military aircraft while flying over the South China Sea early this week, authorities in Canberra have said.
Australia's defense ministry said it "expressed concerns" to its Chinese (...)
India and France plan to work together on developing small modular nuclear reactors, India's foreign ministry said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country.
Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized the importance of (...)
A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby sewer pipe, authorities say.
Drone images suggest that a human body is inside the cabin, but it is unclear if it is that of the truck's missing (...)
More than 100 fishermen were rescued from a sheet of floating ice that drifted into waters off Russia's remote Far East, authorities said Wednesday.
The 139 fishermen became stranded when a 10-meter (32 feet) crack formed an ice floe that broke away (...)
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington and meets President Donald Trump later this week, there will be some warm hugs and shared laughs. But that will not be all.
Trump and Modi have developed a strong personal rapport over the (...)
TOKYO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi co-chaired the second Strategic Dialogue Meeting between Saudi Arabia and Japan in Tokyo on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion, Prince (...)
Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has died from pneumonia after contracting influenza while on a vacation in Japan, local media report. She was 48.
Hsu is one of the biggest names in the Mandarin-speaking world and is best known for starring in the 2001 (...)
Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened.
The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture, near the capital Tokyo, swallowing a truck.
Rescue efforts have (...)
A hitman who was one of two people who shot and killed a man acquitted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight has been jailed for life in Canada without the possibility of parole for 20 years.
Tanner Fox, 24, was sentenced on Tuesday by a (...)
US President Donald Trump has said India "will do what's right" on the deportation of illegal migrants following a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The leaders spoke on Monday, their first conversation since Trump's inauguration last (...)
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting the country in an effort to boost its tourism sector.
Under the new rules, visitors can now carry out remote working for a foreign employer while (...)
A Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to the Japanese government.
A Chinese court said that Zhou Jiasheng, 52, had carried out (...)
Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises accelerated in December.
The move by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to raise its short-term policy rate to "around 0.5 percent" comes just (...)
RIYADH — There has been an increase of 19.7 percent in Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports during November 2024 compared to November 2023. This was revealed in the international trade publication, published by the General Authority for Statistics (...)
World leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration Monday, with many urging stronger alliances or continued cooperation between their countries and the United States, in carefully crafted social media posts and (...)
OSAKA — Saudi Ambassador to Japan and Commissioner General of the Kingdom's Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Dr. Ghazi bin Zaqr attended the International Participants Meeting held from January 15 to 16 at the Himeji Culture and Convention Center (...)
Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon.
The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:09 local time (06:09 GMT) on Wednesday, (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi-Japanese Joint Business Council met in Riyadh on Sunday in the presence of Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Motoo Yuji. More than 80 representatives of entities and (...)
