Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi formally dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday, triggering a snap general election scheduled for Feb. 8.

The huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years has posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly dangerous detention site where ISIS ideology lives on.

Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.

President Donald Trump has touted a "massive" naval force was on its way to Iran in a warning to the Islamic Republic’s rulers, who are facing their biggest protests for years. Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday "we have an armada.

Three people were killed and another injured after a shooting Thursday in a town in Australia’s New South Wales, an attack domestic media is reporting isn’t suspected to be terrorism related.

The European Union is willing to implement a sweeping free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis, the head of the EU's executive commission said Friday,

A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has defended their demand for ending "one-party rule” in court. Chow

Chinese authorities say two people are dead and four are missing after a boat with 21 Filipinos on board capsized in the South China Sea