TOKYO: Japan’s defence ministry yesterday made its biggest ever budget request, as Tokyo bolsters its military amid worries over China’s…

A community of 230 Orthodox Jews from several countries Thursday began leaving the Guatemalan Indian village where they have lived…

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Thursday rejected any attempt to disarm his Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza as demanded by…

Washington accuses Moscow of sending troops to fight on Ukrainian territory as well as air defence system

MANILA: The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group has condemned extremist jihadists in Iraq and Syria, and vowed to stop the…

LOS ANGELES: A nine-year-old girl learning to fire an Uzi submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range…

TOKYO: Japanese health officials said yesterday that three young people have contracted dengue fever, the first such infections in the…

Closing in on his 104th birthday, a twinkle-toed Japanese sprinter has thrown down the challenge to the world’s fastest man…