TEHRAN -- In over two months, Tehran saw only an hour's rain last Monday, nowhere near enough to budge levels in the ...

HONG KONG/TOKYO -- Authorities in Hong Kong have canceled a number of events promoting cultural exchanges with Japan as the ...

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani announced Monday he will play for defending ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's leading digital banks have reported profit surges in 2025, outperforming their much bigger rivals hit ...

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SHANGHAI -- Investors are scrambling for a piece of China's most anticipated initial public offering this year: a startup ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had "a very good telephone call" with Chinese President Xi ...

TOKYO -- Speculation is mounting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's young daughter is being groomed to one day take the ...

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a 25-minute telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ...

NEW DELHI -- It would be no exaggeration to say that Indians have an insatiable appetite for gold, and the numbers speak for ...

TOKYO -- Honda Motor appears on track to slide to fourth place from second among Japanese automakers ranked by global sales ...

TOKYO -- Japan's financial watchdog plans to require cryptocurrency exchanges to set aside reserves against liabilities, ...