Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year's snap election.

Brooklyn Park police say a 17-year-old girl was fatally shot Tuesday night and they are searching for the shooter. Police went to the 7000 block of Lakeland Avenue N. just before 8 p.m. and found the ...

Iran's president reportedly issues order to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Plans to demolish a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and an adjacent rugby venue are at the heart of a disputed park redevelopment in Tokyo that critics say trades history and greenery ...

On St. John the Baptist's feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O'odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, where they gather to harvest saguaro fruit in a process sacred in their ...

Ukraine is "a killing field" for children, columnist John Rash writes, "with Russia indiscriminately killing and maiming more ...

An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California caused several fires, sending black smoke into the air and forcing evacuations, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of ...

A Philippine campaign aimed at exposing China's aggression in the disputed South China Sea has shattered ''the illusion of China being peaceful and friendly,'' Lithuania's defense chief said Wednesday ...

King Frederick II of Prussia wanted his subjects to eat potatoes, introduced to Europe in the 16th century from South America. But the people of Prussia, which later became part of a united Germany, ...

An analysis finds that a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump's current tariff plans, a sum that could be potentially managed through ...

An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv's precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new Ukrainian region as each side ...

India rested fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah amid three lineup changes against England on Wednesday in its bid to level the test series at Edgbaston.