Casualties are growing in the Gaza Strip as Israel's military has stepped up its offensive in the enclave. The Israeli ...

Violent storms have spawned tornadoes across the central US claiming 27 lives so far. ABC News says state officials are ...

This episode features The Apothecary Diaries, a mystery-entertainment series gaining popularity worldwide. The author reveals ...

Ten inmates have escaped from a jail in the southern US state of Louisiana after breaching a wall behind a toilet. Two of ...

The United Nations and other organizations say more than 295 million people around the world experienced acute food shortages ...

Major US ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the credit rating of the United States, citing rising fiscal deficits.

A Japanese city at the foot of Mount Fuji has remodeled a cabin along a mountain trail as part of its new project to ...

Documents suggest that 1,086 Japanese World War II soldiers were buried in a mass grave on Palau's Peleliu Island. Now, a ...

Lineup: 1. Arrest warrants issued for 17 in Bangkok tower collapse 2. Philippine elections marred by violence, killings 3.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts ...

A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima has appealed to scientists in France to conduct research that will lead to the elimination of nuclear weapons.

The US media say the Secret Service has questioned former FBI Director James Comey about a photo he posted on social media. Republicans and supporters of President Donald Trump claim it was an ...