TOKYO – Japan on Tuesday approved plans to convert two ships into aircraft carriers –the nation’s first since World War II — as it tries...
BRUSSELS – Thousands of people marched in Brussels on Sunday against a U.N. pact aimed at fostering cooperation on migration, eclipsing a smaller demonstration in...
GHANA – Another marker has been felled in the intense argument over whether historical figures with racist histories should be honored. The University of Ghana in...
PARIS – French police on Thursday shot dead a gunman who had been on the run since killing three people at Strasbourg’s popular Christmas market....
BEIJING – Canada’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had been unable to contact Canadian businessman Michael Spavor since he notified the government that he...
SYDNEY, Australia – A 102-year-old great-grandmother is believed to have become the world’s oldest skydiver after plunging 14,000 feet (4,300 metres) through the South Australian...
YANGON – More than 100 Myanmar activists marked the anniversary on Wednesday of the arrest of two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in jail...
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday survived a Non confidence vote by her own MPs but lost the support of one third...
TOKYO – Japan is apparently considering tripling its original F-35 order “to respond to China in the Pacific,” a senior defense official in the Japanese...
BEIJING – China has detained a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing in apparent retaliation for the jailing of a top Chinese executive at the request...