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A building in Beirut's southern suburbs collapsed in a gigantic cloud of smoke and dust, an AFP photographer reported, as two ...

Leaders of Pacific Rim countries including the U.S. and China gathered Friday in Peru for an Asia-Pacific Economic ...

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The manager of a small hotel in northern Italy refused a reservation made by an Israeli couple, accusing Israeli people of being “responsible for genocide.” Jewish groups decried the incident as an ...

Japan’s economy eked out an annual rate of 0.9% growth in the July-September period as consumer spending held up, government ...

The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a 27-year-old former nursery school teacher to 14 years in prison for sexually ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with ...

Like many places in Japan, the city of Matsue is proud of its local history, and also like many places in Japan, that local ...