Japan's government will accept a court-mediated settlement plan and suspend construction work for the planned relocation of a US air base in Okinawa and will begin a new round of talks with local authorities who want the base moved off the island.
Public support for Vladimir Putin to serve another term as president has hit its highest level in four years, a survey by a state-run pollster showed on Thursday.
Donald Trump unleashed fiery, off-color rhetoric at Thursday's Republican debate after enduring a day of intense criticism by party leaders, as conservatives agonize over embracing his divisive candidacy or derailing his march to the nomination.
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been detained for questioning in the latest phase of a sweeping anti-graft investigation, a source confirmed to Reuters.
The fresh UN sanctions imposed on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Wednesday, though widely believed to be tougher than ever, are not intended to affect people's livelihoods of the DPRK as the document contains language allowing for humanitarian exemptions.
A piece of debris found off the southeast African coast that could be from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight is being sent to Australia for testing, officials said on Thursday, two years after the plane carrying 239 people disappeared.
The EU on Wednesday proposed 700 million euros in emergency aid for Greece and other states as it began to tackle the migrant crisis within its borders like humanitarian disasters in developing countries.
Strong aftershocks rocked Indonesia early on Thursday after a massive undersea earthquake sparked fears of a region wide disaster similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people.
New Zealanders began voting on Thursday on whether to change their flag from a design which features the British Union Jack to one which features a native silver fern.
US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on Wednesday after spending almost a year in space in a groundbreaking experiment foreshadowing a potential manned mission to Mars.
Unseasonably heavy rains have damaged Cuba's tobacco crop and raised questions about iconic cigar brands that some aficionados hope will not suffer from declining quality amid higher demand.
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