Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling membership and increased police crackdowns. The Yamaguchi-gumi, one of the world’s largest and wealthiest crime gangs, has been embroiled in…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said his nation is “not afraid,” in his first public comments on the escalating…
As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it…
Ukraine’s key allies are meeting in Brussels on Friday with a noticeable absence at the table: US Defense Secretary…
Taiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off…
A major Australian IVF clinic has apologized for giving the wrong embryo to a woman who then gave birth…
Ecuadorians will head to the polls on Sunday in a runoff presidential election, choosing between a conservative incumbent or…
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol moved back on Friday with his wife and their 11 dogs and…
A small group of reservists from Israel’s elite military intelligence unit joined a call for an immediate return of…