TOKYO — Japan has announced it is freezing the assets of 19 companies to step up pressure on North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons and...
CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian inquiry into child abuse on Friday recommended that the Catholic Church lift its demand of celibacy from clergy and clarify the...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Two people were killed and three injured Thursday night in two stabbing incidents in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht, authorities said....
TOKYO — A quarterly business outlook survey by Japan’s central bank shows sentiment improved to its highest level in 11 years in a further upbeat signal...
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin accused U.S. agencies of manipulating evidence from the main whistleblower on doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Putin said Thursday...
LIMA, Peru — President Pedro Pablo Kucyznski scrambled for his political survival Thursday as opponents demanded he resign over revelations of decade-old payments from a Brazilian...
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of—The United Nations’ independent investigator on human rights in North Korea said Thursday he plans to examine North Korean claims that South Korea...
HARARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe’s new president is showing signs of charting a path different from that of his ousted mentor, Robert Mugabe, as he tries to win over...
MOSCOW—Allegations of collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia have been “invented” by his political foes to undermine his legitimacy, Russian President Vladmir Putin said...
BRUSSELS—Poland’s new prime minister is making his foreign debut Thursday at a European Union summit, a first test if the Western-educated former banker can bridge a...