Russia's military says it has recaptured almost all areas of the country's Kursk region previously seized by Ukrainian forces.

A public museum in the western Japanese city of Kochi says that one of the paintings in its collection is a counterfeit. It reached the conclusion based on a scientific examination of the work, which ...

People in India and other South Asian nations are marking the arrival of spring with celebrations of Holi, the festival of colors.

Malaysia's former prime minister is under investigation on allegations of corruption and money laundering during his term in office. Ismail Sabri Yaakob has promised to cooperate with the probe.

Japanese immigration authorities recognized 1,661 people as "quasi-refugees" in 2024, the first year after the new status was introduced.

Japanese American Takeshi Furumoto, born in an incarceration camp and raised in Hiroshima after the atomic bombing, fought in the Vietnam War. He travels in search of closure to his complicated past.

East Japan Railway has partially resumed operations of coupled Tohoku Shinkansen trains, following a suspension after two trains detached last week.

Comments by the US White House press secretary criticizing Japan for its levies on rice imports have drawn a response from Japan's agriculture minister.

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven are set to wrap up their two-day meeting in Canada Friday. Their talks have partly focused on a US proposal for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. The ...

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has visited the country's southwest after a deadly train attack by insurgents. He called for national unity to fight terrorism.