Governments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked to rush aid Tuesday to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed around 1,200 people in four countries. Torrential ...

A range of blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs could help shift the trajectory of the global obesity epidemic, which affects over one billion people worldwide, the World Health Organization ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remark, "I will work, work, work, work and work," was selected as Japan's top catchphrase for 2025, the award's organizer, T&D Holdings, said Monday. Takaichi ...

Relatives of nine victims who died in the collapse of the Sasago tunnel ceiling in Yamanashi Prefecture on Dec 2, 2012, gathered at the site on Tuesday to attend a memorial ceremony. Central Nippon ...

Japan on Tuesday fully transitioned to a system that integrates health insurance card functions into the My Number identification cards, even as challenges remain in expanding its use. While existing ...

China and Japan gave conflicting versions of a maritime confrontation involving their coast guards and a Japanese fishing vessel around the disputed Senkaku islands on Tuesday. China's Coast Guard ...

Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population, according to official reports. Deputy ...

The draw for the men's 2027 Rugby World Cup takes place in Sydney on Wednesday. It will be the biggest Rugby World Cup, with 24 teams, compared to 20 in recent editions. AFP Sport looks at how the ...

Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a Chinese man in his 30s after an incident at Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, on Monday night. According to police, the ...

Sheffield Wednesday was deducted another six points amid its financial troubles on Monday, leaving the historic English club on -10 points and massively adrift in last place in the second-tier ...

The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists that a September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was ...

Police in Oita City have arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed another man in his 50s in a building. According to police, the suspect is accused of attempting to ...