A U.S. Navy sailor arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman in a hotel in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, admitting to raping her, local media reported Wednesday.
On Monday, news that a boy had died after a vaccination sparked more anger, though officials said there was no link to the Shandong scandal.
U.S. pop diva Madonna has been rebuked by angry Australian crowds after the star arrived over two hours late for a concert in Brisbane overnight in a tour that's been classified as trainwreck.
With a frown on her face, the 10-year-old Sawsan is selling bread pack in downtown Damascus.
More ethnic Tibetans in western China have been forced to find new ways of making ends meet, as the caterpillar fungus that was once a staple of their income, has become increasingly rare.
Google supercomputer AlphaGo outsmarted South Korean Go champion Lee Sedol, winning 4-1 in the best of five game series that came to an end on Tuesday, as people begin to wonder whether the ever-changing world of artificial intelligence (AI) will one day pose a threat to the human society.
the national debate touched off this winter by the confrontation between the Justice Department and Apple over smartphone security is not exactly the one Mr. Obama had in mind.
More than 820,000 Malaysians are barred from leaving the country after being blacklisted for various offences, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
A cache of leaked "surveys" given to would-be jihadis joining ISIS show the 23 questions that make up the terror group's rigorous "entrance interviews".
Those who were evacuated after the monstrous earthquake and tsunami hit Japan's Tohoku area, or northeastern part of the island country, never imagined they'd be staying in temporary housing five years after the disaster, fighting against loneliness and diseases as public housing projects funded by the government are delayed meaning unbearable costs for those without work.
The two missing booksellers who were allowed by mainland authorities to return to Hong Kong on separate days last week both quietly crossed the border back to the mainland hours later, sources have told the Post.
A draft of China's first bill regulating charities was submitted to the national legislature on Wednesday, with lawmakers hoping it can give donors confidence to help the country meet its poverty alleviation targets.
Paramedics in the Australian state of Victoria don't answer medical call-outs to almost 1,200 locations due to repeated violent attacks sustained in the line of duty, a report has revealed.
Australian animals that look "ugly" attract little or no research funding, leading to poor conservational outcomes, researchers say.
The flight with 239 passengers and crew on board - 153 of them Chinese nationals - vanished as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Experts believe the plane detoured to the southern Indian Ocean - believed to be the likely crash site - although the search for wreckage has so far found nothing there.
Owners of what became a Hollywood Road institution remember the stars, the parties, and the costumes and reflect on what made the club special
When it comes to media coverage of the 2016 presidential election, two candidates, Donald Trumpand Hillary Clinton, have all but dominated the headlines. But we know less about their supporters.
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