More than 40 countries, including Japan and the United States, have issued a joint statement calling on all states to provide at least 24 hours' notification when they plan to launch ballistic ...

A Syrian court has sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death for offenses including murder and crimes against humanity.

Police in South Korea say they have arrested two foreigners who are alleged to have illegally collected information near a US military base in the country. A South Korean media outlet says they are ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in overnight attacks on southern ...

The former president of Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor, Okuda Hiroshi, died on Saturday. He was 93 years old.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki on ...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rattled Colombia on Monday has passed 180, with emergency workers racing against time to find more survivors among the rubble. The magnitude-7.4 quake ...

The US military says it has disabled a Panama-flagged cargo ship that was sailing toward Iran. The US Central Command said on social media on Tuesday that its forces had disabled the steering gear of ...

China says the Chinese and Indonesian navies will conduct a navigation exercise in the waters east of Taiwan in mid-August. Taiwan has condemned the move and described it as a military provocation.

A powerful storm has passed over Japan's main island, causing damage in Tokyo and surrounding areas. Authorities say the risks are not over.

US media have reported that US President Donald Trump was secretly transported from Air Force One to another plane as he flew out of Turkey amid a security threat from Iran.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for reducing the recommended number of vaccines for children. He linked vaccines to autism, but experts reject his claim.