Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When ...

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s president convened the country’s political parties for consultations Monday, after a general election delivered another minority government as well as an ...

1:03 Carney says Canada poised to lead on global stage, confirms plans for a fall a budget Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Liberal government plans to table a federal budget this fall.

Syria had been engulfed by a brutal civil war that lasted more than a decade until al-Sharaa led forces that ousted Bashar al-Assad’s brutal government in December. Secretary of State Marco ...

Human rights groups and aid agencies — including Amnesty International, Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders — estimated the peaceful crowd at more than 100,000 people. Tens of ...

Earlier in the proceedings, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Union government, submitted that the court could first deliberate on three specific concerns—whether properties ...

After all, the cast was a highlight of the show set in a slightly fictionalized pre-Tokugawa shogunate Japan, securing five nominations for acting awards at this year's Emmys. Given that this show ...

House Republicans on Monday unveiled a series of changes to a bevy of proposed cuts to federal workers' retirement benefits aimed at making them more politically palatable following bipartisan ...

The French government "at the highest level" covered up a scandal over the treatment of mineral water by food giant Nestle, including the iconic Perrier brand, a Senate investigation said Monday.

The NT government is facing criticism over its hiring of Stuart Knowles for the "highly-paid" job, without having undertaken a public recruitment process. Mr Knowles can now override dozens of ...

WARSAW, May 19 (Reuters) - If large urban centres are the core constituency of the liberal government of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, then Sunday's presidential election first round showed ...