India said it will continue engaging with Myanmar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks Monday with the leader of the country’s military-backed government, despite Western sanctions imposed ...

An artist makes fluffy, soft characters out of craft pipe cleaners based on ideas born from the settings of an epic story, creating humorous and endearing monsters and aliens.

The U.S. State Department plans to drastically slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States.

Malaysia on Monday began enforcing rules barring millions of children younger than 16 from having social media accounts, joining a growing global effort to tighten safety protections. Not all families ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday, as the Justice Department ...

Typhoon Jangmi, also called Typhoon No. 6, may bring warning-level torrential rain in many regions, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned on Tuesday.

The Yomiuri ShimbunPolice officers and others are seen patrolling an area on Tuesday where a bear attack occurred. The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] FUKUSHIMA — A bear attacked and ...

The former producer of Japanese girl group XG was found guilty of using cocaine on Monday. The Tokyo District Court handed Junho Sakai a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for three years.

The government has begun arranging for the Cabinet to adopt as early as this month the first basic plan based on the Law on ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced Monday that the rainy season had begun in southern Kyushu. This is two days later ...

Collisions between vehicles and animals have been occurring one after another. Increases in bear and deer encounters heighten the risk of serious accidents.

In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the U.S. Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space inaccessible to journalists.