Two charred bodies, with their faces bound with adhesive tape, were discovered Tuesday on a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, police said.
Israeli tanks pushed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday that they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, the Palestinians' last refuge in the south of the territory, killing and wounding several people, medics and residents said.
Japan's politicians are third rate in general but the country still thrives, because it is blessed with top-caliber bureaucrats.
The U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held talks for the first time in nearly 18 months on Tuesday, as the two sides seek to rebuild frayed military-to-military ties and manage the increasingly tense relationship.
The bird flu keeps catching the world off guard by finding new ways to spread — this time finding an unexpected host in cows.
Japan’s exports grew for a fourth consecutive month as the weak yen provided a tailwind and demand in China picked up, giving the economy a needed boost as domestic consumption sags.
One thousand years ago, demons marched through the streets of Kyoto.
Junji Ito, who served as president of Kanebo, currently Kracie, and chairman of Japan Airlines, died in December 2021 at the age of 99, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
The United States has provided assurances requested by the High Court in London which could finally pave the way for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited from Britain.
The Solomon Islands goes to the polls on Wednesday and analysts say Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare faces an uphill battle for re-election, with potential implications for China’s position in the South Pacific.
Kazakhstan's president described floods across the north of the country as a national disaster on Tuesday and ordered his government to free up funds for relief efforts by cutting spending elsewhere.
Tesla shares extended their decline for 2024, pushing the electric-vehicle maker’s market valuation briefly below $500 billion, as a round of job cuts this week underscored how much the company’s growth has slowed.
China is directly subsidizing production of illicit fentanyl precursors for sale abroad and fueling the U.S. opioid crisis, a U.S. congressional committee said on Tuesday, releasing findings from an investigation it said unveiled Beijing's incentives for the deadly chemicals.
