President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday took steps to repair a rift with key ally Poland over his decision in May to name a Ukrainian army unit in honour of World War Two fighters who killed Poles.

Russia attacked two Ukrainian Black Sea port cities on Friday, killing three people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow intensifies pressure on Ukraine’s key trade routes.

Slowpoke, a beloved Pokemon officially in charge of promoting Kagawa Prefecture is featured in the 2026 summer edition of “Sanukino,” the prefecture’s informational magazine.

A senior Chinese party and government delegation visited North Korea’s Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area, state media agency KCNA said on Saturday, in the latest sign of renewed high-level exchanges ...

Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states muddled through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires on Friday.

An elderly couple is feared trapped after a landslide triggered by heavy rain collapsed their two-story home in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Friday night.

The United States and Iran escalated their attacks across the Middle East on Friday, trading strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified.

Capsule toys exclusive to the village of Kitayama, Wakayama Prefecture, are now on sale. The toys, a selection of five keychains, depict motifs such as the local specialty Jabara citrus, which is used ...

A federal judge in Boston on Friday ruled the Trump administration can’t use an obscure clause relating to agency priorities to make billions of dollars in funding cuts.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never ...

The United States on Friday partially removed Hong Kong-related sanctions and trade restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump in 2020 over China’s security crackdown on the territory, but did not ...

Ensuring the safety of buses used for out-of-town trips by junior high and high school clubs has become a major issue since a bus carrying members of a high school soft tennis club crashed this spring ...