Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga said on Monday that he will revoke previous approval granted for land reclamation as the prefectural government in southernmost Japan continues efforts to block the relocation of a controversial US airbase on the island.
Jumaa Ibrahim and his wife, Hasnaa Karam, a Syrian couple in their early 60s, arrived in Mecca on Friday, and headed straight to Islam's holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba.
A Pakistani and two Malaysians have been detained in connection with last month's bombing of a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people, the national police chief said on Monday.
Muslims and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a second straight day on Monday, prompting at least three arrests, police said.
Egypt said its security forces killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, after mistakenly targeting their four-vehicle convoy while pursuing jihadists in the country's Western Desert.
Australia will get its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party on Monday voted out Tony Abbott in favor of longtime rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of speculation and crumbling support from voters.
A swiftly spreading wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as it roared unchecked through the Northern California community of Middletown and nearby neighborhoods, fire officials said on Sunday.
A San Francisco man was arrested and scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Sept 24 on hate-crime and vandalism charges.
Desde Alla (From Afar), a somber tale of gay attraction across Venezuela's social divide, won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday on a night to remember for Latin American cinema.
Nintendo will celebrated the 30th anniversary of Super Mario, one of the best-known characters in video game history, at an event in Tokyo on Sunday evening where artists will play his theme music to fans dressed up as the hyperactive plumber.
Yemen's exiled government said on Sunday it would no longer attend UN-mediated peace talks with its Houthi adversaries.
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