Japan's central bank again revised down its inflation forecasts on Wednesday, in the latest sign of its struggle to reach a long-sought two percent rate that officials consider key to boost the economy. After a two-day meeting the policy board left its mammoth monetary easing programme in...

President Donald Trump had a message Tuesday for Democrats counting on him to relent in the Washington arm wrestle blocking funds to swaths of the government for a record 32 days: "No Cave!" Trump's defiant tweet again blamed congressional Democrats for the chaos, insisting he will not lift...

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's restrictions on transgender military service to take effect while arguments in the case proceed. The 5-4 split saw the court's five conservative justice uniting in favor of allowing President Donald Trump's effort to ban openly...

Palestinian inmates at the Israel-run Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank have vowed to “escalate” their protest activities following an assault by prison guards. In a press statement released Monday, inmates called on international rights groups “to shoulder their humanitarian,...