A local government in central Japan is experimenting with robots to aid residents with government help. Authorities in Ogaki in Gifu Prefecture showcased robots that can independently guide people to the “right information” window or “teach” them how to fill out government forms,...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence claimed Wednesday the Daesh terrorist group has been finally defeated just after it claimed an attack that took the lives of a yet determined number of service members and civilians in Manbij, Syria. "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated,"...

Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu met with his Somali counterpart on Wednesday in Ankara. Security Minister Abukar Hassan Islow arrived in the Turkish capital to hold "important and productive" official talks with Turkish authorities. He was welcomed by Soylu and his delegation....

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasimi has condemned the arrest of Iranian journalist Marzieh Hashemi by the U.S. authorities, calling for her immediate release. In a Wednesday statement carried by Iranian state television, Qasimi alleged that Hashemi had been subjected to...