Two cases of apparent mother-child murder-suicides were reported in Osaka and Tochigi prefectures on Sunday. In one case, a 48-year-old woman and her 9-year-old daughter from Sakai City in Osaka ...

A 35-year-old delivery man was stabbed in Nagoya on Sunday night, police said, adding that the suspect is on the run. According to police, the man had gotten out of his vehicle and was working alone ...

South Korea's former first lady was alleged by prosecutors Monday to have accepted lavish bribes totalling over $200,000, including fine art, jewelry and a handbag, as well as meddling in state ...

Families of the victims of Australia's Bondi beach mass shootings called Monday for a national inquiry into antisemitism and alleged failures in policing, intelligence and policy they blame for the ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday an independent review into law enforcement agencies set ‌up after the Bondi beach mass shooting will assess whether authorities could have ...

Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least ‌13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca. The Mexican Navy said ⁠the train, which derailed near the ...

Police in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old unemployed man with no fixed address on suspicion of threatening a convenience store clerk with a knife and stealing earphones ...

Konkai Komyo-ji Temple is an unmissable treasure in Kyoto. It is most famous for the sparkling Shiun Garden, also known as the Purple Cloud Garden. The name derives from the legend about Honen Shonin, ...

Whether it’s stand-up comedy specials or a dramedy series, when Muslim American Mo Amer sets out to create, he writes what he knows. The comedian, writer and actor of Palestinian descent has received ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The Japanese government has decided to move up a planned overhaul of the pay structure for Self-Defense Forces personnel to fiscal 2027, a year earlier than scheduled, ...

Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could ...

The oldest baby boomers — once the vanguard of an American youth that revolutionized U.S. culture and politics — turn 80 in 2026. The generation that twirled the first plastic hula hoops and dressed ...