Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Paraguay President Santiago Pena on Friday, as the democratic island shores up ties with ...

Japan confirmed Friday the first fatal bear attack of 2026 after a record 13 deaths last year, with reports pointing to a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation.

For years, Syrian brown bears Nairi, Aram and their cub Lola were trapped in a three-metre-wide cage in Armenia's capital ...

Japanese baseball is considering punishing players for dangerous swings, reports said Friday, as an umpire remains unconscious three weeks after being accidentally hit on the head by a bat.

Russian doctors carved the words "Glory to Russia" onto the stomach of a Ukrainian prisoner, Andriy Pereverziev, when he was ...

On Friday, the US and Iran accused each other of breaking a fragile ceasefire after clashes in the Strait of Hormuz.

Lebanon and Israel will meet in Washington on May 14 and ​15 for talks, a US state department official said Thursday. Israel ...

The Eurovision song contest turns 70 this year, but the celebration threatens to be overshadowed by the competition’s biggest ever boycott over the continued inclusion of Israel.

A Copa Libertadores match between hosts Independiente Medellin of Colombia and defending champions Flamengo of Brazil was abandoned Thursday after home fans set off flares and lit fires in the stands.

The rules of the Eurovision Song Contest -- the biggest live televised music event -- have evolved to keep pace with ...

Japanese auto giant Toyota forecast Friday a 22-percent fall in net profit in the year to next March, as it struggles with ...

The former chairman of one of China's biggest state-owned airlines has been charged with bribery, state media said Friday, ...