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U.N. approves Yemen truce team after U.S., British tussle

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approved the deployment of a U.N. advance...

U.S. envoy to anti-ISIL coalition quits over Trump's Syria move

Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq...

DR Congo postpones presidential vote by 1 week

Democratic Republic of Congo’s election board has postponed a long-anticipated presidential vote scheduled for Sunday...

Putin issues warning on rising nuclear war threat

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a...

US charges Chinese national for stealing energy company secrets

The US Justice Department said on Friday (Dec 21) a Chinese national had been arrested...

Pentagon chief resigning after clashes with Trump

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday (local time) after clashing with President Donald Trump...

Trump pulling all U.S. troops from Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump is pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, officials announced...

Survey Japan-U.S.

The Yomiuri ShimbunEvaluations of the Japan-U.S. relationship have drastically deteriorated among pollees on the Japanese...

Judge delays sentencing of Flynn, ‘disgusted’ by crimes

A federal judge Tuesday abruptly postponed the sentencing of President U.S. Donald Trump’s first national...

Report: 53 journalists killed worldwide so far in 2018

The number of journalists killed worldwide in retaliation for their work nearly doubled this year,...

‘Big’ director Penny Marshall dies at age 75

Penny Marshall, who indelibly starred in the top-rated sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming the...

Lawsuit against H-4 visa authorisation restarts as US court revives case

A US court has removed from abeyance a lawsuit challenging work authorisation to H-4 visa...

Trump panel recommends guns in schools to keep US students safe

A safety panel set up by US President Donald Trump in the wake of numerous...

Judge delays Flynn sentencing, ‘not hiding disgust’ at crime

A federal judge Tuesday abruptly postponed the sentencing of President Donald Trump’s first national security...

Russia, Iran, Turkey seek deal on Syria constitutional body

Russia, Iran and Turkey are close to agreement on the composition of a Syrian constitutional...

France to rush through tax cuts for ‘yellow vests’

French officials vowed Monday to quickly push tax cuts and a rise in the minimum...