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HONOLULU—U.S. prosecutors in Hawaii are accusing the owners and officers of a Japanese fishing boat of helping Indonesian fishermen smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins, worth about $58,000 on the black ...

Rare-earth metals are critical to the modern economy as they are a key material for making batteries that ...

The mother of a Welsh boy said he lost his eye after being struck twice in the same ...

An animal rescue group in Portugal posted a video showing the moment a dog was rescued after being ...

BRUSSELS—Thousands of people marched in Brussels on Dec. 16 in opposition to a United Nations agreement aimed at ...

More than 40 people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in the city of Sapporo, ...

A 22-year-old U.K. mother revealed what a good Samaritan told her as she was about to kill herself ...

PARIS—A memorial is being held at a square in the eastern French city of Strasbourg to remember the ...

A Facebook post thanking a truck driver for guiding a couple through a downpour on an Australian highway ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Dec. 15 that his center-right government was formally recognizing West Jerusalem as Israel's capital ...

MANAGUA—Nicaraguan police on Dec. 15 beat at least seven journalists with batons, including one of the country's best-known ...

Australia has named a distinguished military leader as its next governor general, who represents Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the ...

At a rehabilitation center for elephants in Thailand, classically-trained pianist Paul Barton brings a musical touch to help ...

After a month of counting, regional election results in India are in, and in Chattisgarh state—where Maoist guerrillas ...

With less than two weeks before Christmas, shoppers in Paris continued to hit the city's department stores on Saturday ...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the detainment of two Canadian citizens in China is unlawful and ...

MUMBAI—Eleven people including two children died and more than 90 were hospitalized after consuming food offered at a ...

PARIS—Scuffles broke out between protesters and police in central Paris on Saturday on the sidelines of a largely ...

SRINAGAR, India—At least seven civilians were killed and nearly two dozens injured when government forces fired at anti-India ...

PARIS—The latest on the France protests (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Paris police say 21 people have been ...

A state-run Chinese company affiliated with China Telecom has been tapped for a vast project that would install ...

A Swedish university professor coordinated the rescue of an Iraqi student and his family from the clutches of ...

The National Security Law gives all Chinese citizens and entities the responsibility to supply intelligence information if requested.

A 17-year-old Walmart employee apparently quit his job over the intercom at a Canada store last week. "Attention ...

The UK's advertising watchdog has said it will ban "gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm, or ...

NEW YORK—Stocks staggered to eight-month lows on Dec. 14 after weak economic data from China and Europe set ...

LONDON—British lawmakers are urging universities to be very cautious about accepting money from Huawei, amid increasing international scrutiny ...