A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia that is fighting a war with Yemen's Shiite rebels said on Monday that it has traded 109 Yemeni prisoners taken during the fighting in the neighboring country for nine Saudis who were held captive.
The largest Japanese opposition party since the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration formed in late 2012 was established on Sunday, eyeing confrontation with the Abe-led ruling bloc in the summer's upper house election.
When a democratically elected Myanmar president takes office this week after decades of military rule, some will be toasting the historic moment with a beverage decidedly not paired with this tropical, Southeast Asian nation: surprisingly high-quality, locally produced wine.
The Republic of Korea and Japan offered muted reactions on Monday to Donald Trump's suggestion that, as president, he would withdraw troops from both countries and allow them to develop their own nuclear arsenal.
Pakistani authorities hunted for breakaway Taliban militants who once declared loyalty to Islamic State on Monday after the group claimed responsibility for an Easter suicide bomb targeting Christians, that killed at least 72 people.
A list of major attacks by militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban, since 2007:
At the aptly named Planete Chocolat, the shelves were laden with enticing Easter treasures for shoppers: bunnies with bows, pastel-wrapped eggs and elegant boxes of pralines.
Israel had officially backed out of its intention to send a settler as its ambassador to Brazil, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said on Monday.
Japanese police have caught a 23-year-old man wanted for allegedly abducting a teenage girl who escaped and ran for freedom after being held captive in his apartment for nearly two years.
With its moat, wall, barbed wire, armed guards and security cameras, the facility could be mistaken for a military base if it weren't for the pungent odor of marijuana in the air.
Dreams of fame and fortune turned into a nightmare for a once-renowned Italian surgeon who compared himself to Doctor Frankenstein and now stands accused of using patients as guinea pigs.
Nigerian Thelma West is a rare gem in the diamond world as a woman in a male-dominated sector with few Africans, despite the continent being the main source of the precious rocks.
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