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...

The United Arab Emirates announced a broad government restructuring Sunday, merging government entities and appointing new economy and industry ministers, and giving it a year to achieve new targets. The head of Abu Dhabi's national oil company ADNOC, Sultan al-Jaber, was named as industry...

In the Jewish settlement of Ariel, Perri Ben Senior can't wait for Israel to annex this part of the occupied West Bank, hoping it will be a boon for her real estate firm. With its 20,500 residents, a university and shopping centres, Ariel has been tipped as one of the settlements likely to...