A former British ambassador to Japan expressed in an article his concerns that Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leaders could threaten its long-term national interests through policies that could lead to a more autocratic and nationalist regime, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Al-Qaida confirmed on Tuesday that Nasir al-Wahishi, its No 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a US strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush launched a White House bid months in the making with a vow to win the Republican presidential nomination on his own merits and stay true to his beliefs - easier said than done in a crowded primary contest, where his conservative credentials will be sharply challenged.
Atul Khare, UN undersecretary-general for field support, welcomed on Monday the evaluation report on the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel during peacekeeping operations, a UN spokesman said.
An Egyptian court sentenced deposed president Mohammed Morsi to death on Tuesday for killing, kidnapping and other offenses during a 2011 mass jailbreak.
Police said they were hunting on Tuesday for three sisters and their nine children who were feared to be traveling to Syria to join a relative believed to be involved in the conflict.
Eight hours after Bim Bahadur Gurung started walking along a mountain path, carrying his severely injured daughter on his back and hoping to find a hospital, a second earthquake struck already-devastated Nepal.
The ship that exiled former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte used to sneak back into France from Elba has been found on the ocean floor off Australia, a Queensland shipwreck hunter has claimed.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is taking nothing more than Tylenol for his broken leg after a low-speed bike accident, he said in an interview published on Sunday.
A steering system failure, bad weather and a sense that "things weren't going right" has ended a US woman's attempt to cross the Pacific by rowboat.
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has fallen to the lowest level since he took office in 2012, to just over 40 percent, according to a TV network survey.
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