Minsk – Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko — a 70-year-old former collective farm...

Melbourne – A clinical Jannik Sinner swept past Alexander Zverev to retain his Australian Open title on Sunday and cement his status as the world’s dominant player in men’s tennis....

Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First) aims to reach undecided voters in this summer’s Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election using social media, Hirotada Ototake, adviser to the regional political party, said...

Seoul – South Korea’s prosecutors indicted suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3, the...

The Finance Ministry will allow companies to make and sell goods related to Custom-kun, an official mascot character of Japanese customs. The ministry hopes that selling character goods such as...

New U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged to work with Washington’s allies and partners Saturday in a message to the Defense Department as he took up his post at the...

Gaza City, Gaza Strip – A fragile truce aimed at ending the war in Gaza entered its second week on Sunday, after four Israeli hostages and around 200 Palestinian prisoners...

North Korea conducted its first weapons test since U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, firing off “strategic” cruise missiles — code for nuclear-capable weapons — as Pyongyang lashed out...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza, where Israel’s military assault has caused a dire humanitarian...