The production of hand-made rice straw ropes called "shimenawa" is in full swing in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, in ...

The Bank of Japan's decision to keep its key rate unchanged triggered a flurry of activity on the foreign exchange market.

Members of the United Nations Security Council have criticized Russia and North Korea for their military cooperation, ...

The Philippines' Lower House of Congress has recommended filing charges of crimes against humanity against former President ...

US public health authorities say they have confirmed the first severe human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States.

The Bank of Japan has decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged, after wrapping up its two-day policy-setting ...

The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, has stressed his country is not bound by ...

A school in Russia's Far East has set up a club for teaching Juche, the state ideology of North Korea, in an apparent sign of ...

France's highest court has upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for corruption and other crimes.

Investigative sources say police have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing of two teenagers at a fast-food ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stressed that Israeli troops will remain stationed on a strategic mountaintop ...

A massive amount of fuel oil has leaked into a strait off the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea after two Russian tankers ran ...