Japan's Mao Saigo birdied the first extra hole to win a five-woman playoff and capture her first major title on Sunday at the LPGA Chevron Championship. Saigo sank a tension-packed birdie putt on the ...

Police in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, have arrested a 16-year-old girl on suspicion of killing her newborn baby boy at her home after giving birth. The girl was initially arrested on April 6 on ...

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday downplayed warnings that the country's top-level AAA rating was under threat due to billions of dollars in election spending promises. Earlier in the day, ...

A man suspected of stabbing a young Malian to death in a mosque in southern France and filming his victim writhing in agony has surrendered to police in Italy, a prosecutor told AFP on Monday. The ...

The leaders of Japan and Vietnam agreed Monday to establish a vice-ministerial-level foreign affairs and defense dialogue framework and work toward defense equipment and technology collaboration as ...

Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are considering collaborating on a feasibility study for the $44 billion Alaska liquefied natural gas project in the United States, sources familiar with the matter said.

Yukinori Kishida delivered a pinch-hit tiebreaking single in the top of the ninth inning as the Yomiuri Giants ended the Hanshin Tigers' six-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory on Sunday. The ...

In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump exerted his power in a sweep and scale that has no easy historical comparison. His actions target the architecture of the New Deal and the Great Society, ...

North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leader Kim Jong Un and that it had helped regain control of ...

Crown Prince Akishino, representing Emperor Naruhito, prepares to place a flower on a table installed near a portrait of the late Pope Francis at a memorial Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo on ...

A shooting in the popular South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach left 11 people injured, and police fatally shot one person, authorities said. Myrtle Beach officers responded to a disturbance ...

President Richard Nixon tried to fire the Department of Justice prosecutor leading an investigation into the president’s involvement in wiretapping the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters.