Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike declared victory in Sunday's vote to elect the leader of one of the world's most populous cities and immediately vowed to step up the fight against a recent coronavirus resurgence. Major media exit polls suggested a landslide victory after voting stations closed...

About 34 people are either confirmed or feared dead -- including 14 at a nursing home -- after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides, authorities said Sunday. Rescuers were searching for 14 people missing after floods hit the Kumamoto region on the southwestern...

Croatians went to polls Sunday to choose a government to navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in a general election campaign that has been dominated by the health crisis. The pandemic has put the European Union country's tourism-dependent economy on course for a contraction of nearly...

The number of recoveries from COVID-19 cases across the globe has now passed the 6 million mark, according to data compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University. To date there have been more than 11.1 million confirmed cases of the virus, while the death toll is over 526,000, also according...