TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she will call a national election for February 8 to seek voter backing for increased spending, tax cuts, and a new security strategy expected to ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agreed on Monday to expand cooperation in sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI), aerospace, chips and critical ...

US PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump said on Sunday that Denmark has not been able to do anything to get the “Russian threat” away from Greenland, and said, “Now it is time, and it will be done!!!” “NATO ...

Wedding vendors at Huqiu Bridal City in Suzhou, one of China’s largest wedding dress markets, are hopeful the country’s positive marriage trends will continue this year. The rise in marriages in the ...

Japan’s opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPP) will propose issuing five trillion yen ($32 billion, $1 = 157.8800 yen) in “education bonds” annually to double the spending on childcare, ...

MADRID — The death toll from Sunday’s collision between a derailing high-speed train and a second oncoming train in southern Spain has risen to 39, with 152 people injured, state broadcaster RTVE ...

PARIS — France was moving closer to a 2026 budget deal on Monday after the government presented a last-ditch proposal that made concessions to most political parties, senior Socialist lawmaker Boris ...

India’s central bank has proposed that BRICS countries link their official digital currencies to make cross-border trade and tourism payments easier, two sources said, which could reduce reliance on ...

AN IRANIAN official in the region said on Sunday the authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, blaming “terrorists and ...

Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is facing an impeachment complaint over allegations he profited from anomalous infrastructure contracts, escalating political pressure amid a multibillion ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation ...

OVER A MILLION households in the Philippines remain without electricity, a gap the government aims to close within the next three years.