The Iranian government says its foreign minister met with a special envoy from South Korea and held talks with foreign ...

A leading British newspaper says at least 34 tankers with links to Iran have bypassed the US blockade since it was imposed on ...

An unusually large delegation of NATO ambassadors visited Japan recently looking to foster closer ties - but also to get ...

A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has been attacked by a wild bear and suffered injuries in a forest near a training area in Fukushima Prefecture.

Foreign and defense ministers of Cambodia and China have held so-called two-plus-two talks for the first time in Phnom Penh.

The Taliban in Afghanistan have been pushing girls and women to join religious schools after banning them from secondary ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX says it has gained the rights to buy artificial intelligence coding startup Cursor for 60 billion dollars ...

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index crossed the 60,000 line to set a record intraday high on Thursday, but ended the day ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has thanked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the continued supply of crude ...

Japan's Lower House has passed by a majority vote a bill to create a national intelligence bureau as part of efforts to ...

Myanmar is spiraling into a humanitarian crisis. Speaking with NHK, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom ...

The US Defense Department has announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is stepping down. Phelan's abrupt departure follows ...