The death toll from torrential rains and floods in western Japan has topped 200, the Japan Times reported on Friday.  According to the newspaper, 204 people have been confirmed dead, with dozens still missing. Search and rescue operations with more than 70,000 rescuers...

Chancellor Angela Merkel made no new pledge on Thursday to increase defense spending of Germany, despite a stark warning by the U.S. President Donald Trump.  Speaking to reporters on the second and final day of the NATO summit in Brussels, Merkel stuck to her government’s earlier...

Iraqi police fired into the air to disperse protesters demanding jobs and better public services at one of three demonstrations outside major oil fields in the southern oil hub of Basra Thursday, police sources said. Two protesters were wounded, police and hospital sources said without...

North Korea has offered to meet an American delegation on Sunday to discuss the repatriation of remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday. Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said North Korea's Vice Chairman Kim Yong Chol had agreed in...