A magnitude-7.4 earthquake, which struck near Fukushima at about 6 am on Tuesday, caused a cooling system for the spent fuel at Fukushima No 2 nuclear power plant to temporarily halt, according to the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Following a public outcry, Turkey's government has withdrawn a proposal that critics feared would legitimize the practice of men marrying underage girls.
Elected on a "no-corruption" ticket, South Korean President Park Geun-hye now looks set to become the country's first sitting president to be formally questioned as a suspect in a criminal investigation.
A South Korean lawmaker on Tuesday raised suspicion on US weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin's link to Choi Soon-sil, President Park Geun-hye's confidante who has been indicted on multiple crimes.
US President-elect Donald Trump had his first face-to-face talk with a foreign head of state since winning the Nov 8 election by meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday in the Trump Tower in New York.
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously decided to extend for another year the mandate of a panel tasked with investigating chemical attacks in Syria and identifying those responsible.
The figure-hugging gown Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade US President John F. Kennedy on his 45th birthday smashed its guide price to sell for $4.8 million at auction on Thursday.
The teenage girl's instructions were direct: She didn't want to be buried, but to be frozen - with the hope she can continue her life in the future when cancer is cured.
The first people showed up at the bank long before dawn, forming a line in the cold and the smog and silently waiting for the chance to withdraw their own money. They left more than seven hours later, each holding the handful of bills, worth $60 at the very most, that they'd been allowed to take home.
In a canyon walled by drab gray and brown high-rises, a ragged line of men, women and children hold red helium balloons, ascending a staircase that ends in a spiral at an opening in the roof, where a single giant balloon slips into the blue sky. Two people at the top lift their heads in wonder.
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