Reuters news agency says top officials from the US and China began a second day of trade talks in Switzerland on Sunday.

A theme park in Shirahama Town, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan has celebrated Mother's Day with its star animal mom.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed talks with Ukraine in Turkey next week without any preconditions.

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The administration of US President Donald Trump has started investigating what effects imports of commercial aircraft, ...

Pakistan says it has launched retaliatory missile attacks on India's military facilities, raising concerns the situation ...

Ueno Kagefumi, the former Japanese Ambassador to the Holy See, gives us insight on the new US-born pope's unprecedented ascent, and his challenges ahead.