Sydney – Wild weather has blacked out more than 300,000 homes and businesses on Australia’s east coast, officials said Sunday, with one driver confirmed dead and a dozen troops injured....

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to go all out for this summer’s House of Councilors election at an annual convention of his Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Sunday. “I...

Frustration with the leadership of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is growing among party members over the outcome of budget deliberations in the House of Representatives. Although...

Two NASA missions will have to wait longer for a launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel mysteries about the universe — one by peering far from Earth,...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration rescinded a waiver on Saturday that had allowed Iraq to pay Iran for electricity, as part of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran,...

A single clam and lotus croquette crowned with a halo of crisp lotus root sits poised in a pool of delicate cream. A drizzle of emerald parsley sauce harmonizes the...

Glendale, Arizona – Planning for the extraordinary takes a special kind of audacity. Nobody points to center field and clears the wall with the next swing. One guy might have...

A baritone voice boomed across the dark ballroom of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo near Hibiya Station. It belonged to actor Ken Ishiguro. Dressed in an old-fashioned sailor coat, he emerged...

Washington/Kyiv – U.S. President Donald Trump raised the prospect of imposing large-scale U.S. sanctions on Russia on Friday, days after pausing military aid and intelligence support to Ukraine, and he...