Mount Everest death toll climbs to 11 amid growing concerns
Christopher John Kulish, 62, died on Monday right after reaching the top of Mount Everest on the Nepal side of the mountain.
Japanese Emperor Akihito Abdicates Throne
For the first time in over 200 years, a Japanese emperor has abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Japan struggles to protect its most vulnerable children
JAPAN/TOKYO - Miwa Moriya was 6 when social workers told her she was going to a Christmas party, but have instead moved her into a group home for about 60 children in a small city in western Japan.
US national sentenced to 12 years in Vietnam prison for ‘state...
Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, 55, confessed that he wanted to start protests, but he denied more severe accusations of preparing to...
North Korea launches short-range ‘projectiles’
The projectiles were fired from North Korea's east-coast town of Wonsan in a northeastern direction and reportedly toward the East Sea, the agency said, citing a news release.
Trump backs Japan’s efforts to communicate with Iran
Donald Trump visited Japan where, on Monday, he backed the Japanese prime minister's interest in using Japan's good relations with Iran to help establish a possible dialogue between the U.S. and its current enemy in the Middle East.
Iran’s FM says tanker ‘attacks’ in Gulf of Oman are suspicious
The reported assault on two "Japan-related" oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman has been marked by Iran's foreign minister as...
North Korea says no ‘secret talks’ held with United States
North Korea rejected South Korean President Moon Jae-in's claim that the third summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is being planned behind the scenes.
Kim Jong Un’s half-brother was a CIA informant
Kim Jong Un's half-brother worked as a CIA informant before being assassinated in 2017 at a Malaysian airport, according to a Monday report.
China warns trade war could get even worse
The trade war between the two of the world's largest economies escalated quickly this month with both sides slapping tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of each other’s goods.
