Amid intensifying climate shifts, geopolitical tensions and a scramble for new trade corridors, the Arctic shipping route is ...

Former Japanese residents of the Russian-held islands cannot return to their hometowns because exchange programs between the two countries have been suspended.

Ecuadorian gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar has been extradited to the United States, where he is expected to make his first court appearance on Monday.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he won't step down, despite a major setback in upper house elections that's fueling dissent within his own party.

Japan’s fringe far-right Sanseito party made a dramatic leap in the upper house elections, gaining 14 seats and capitalizing ...