Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved on Friday at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session, with a general election set for Feb 8.The official campaign will start...
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened again to strike Iran "very hard" if its authorities "start killing people" protesting in the...
DAMASCUS/UNITED NATIONS/ANKARA/BAGHDAD - The Syrian army on Thursday launched heavy shelling against positions of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Sheikh Maqsoud...
ADEN, Yemen - Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of "arbitrarily detaining a senior delegation" sent to Riyadh for political...
TOKYO - A series of moves by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, including erroneous remarks on Taiwan and a sharp increase in defense spending,...
Australia will establish a national Royal Commission into antisemitism, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, bowing to widespread pressure following the country’s worst...
GENEVA/GAZA - A UN report on Wednesday condemned Israel for violating international law by implementing apartheid-like policies in the West Bank, where Israeli settlers...
MELBOURNE - An intense heatwave swept southern Australia on Wednesday, with temperatures in multiple locations soaring above 40 degrees Celsius.In downtown Melbourne, the mercury...
MANILA - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology downgraded the magnitude of an offshore earthquake that struck Davao Oriental province in the southern...
KABUL - A clash between locals and a gold-mining company has inflicted casualties in Chah Ab district of northern Afghanistan, confirmed Humayun Afghan, spokesman...
ADEN, Yemen - raided the hometown of Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, leader of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), in Yemen's southern province of Al-Dhalea early...
JERUSALEM -- Israel and Syria have resumed talks aimed at easing tensions along their shared border after a months-long hiatus, Israel's Prime Minister's Office...
