Japanese citizens gathered near the US embassy in Tokyo on Wednesday evening to protest a recent case in which a US Marine stationed in Japan's Okinawa allegedly robbed and murdered a local woman, and to oppose an upcoming Japan-US joint military exercise.

At least 17 students and a teacher were killed when the roof of a private school collapsed in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, hospital sources said.Several students were also injured in the incident. An emergency was declared at Lady Reading Hospital, the hospital's

Fighting between the Saudi-led coalition and Yemen's Houthi group continued on Wednesday as the Houthis warned of strikes "deep inside Saudi Arabia."

The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to begin by the end of October, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.The country's worst-ever Ebola outbreak has surpassed 9,000 cases, with more than 4,000 deaths.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday ordered Meta, TikTok, X, Apple and Microsoft to remove content inciting violence on their social networks following a spate of deadly attacks in schools.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Azerbaijani capital Baku on Wednesday, with both sides discussing bilateral relations, multilateral cooperation and international and regional issues of mutual concern, according to an official release by the

Aftermath of strike in Kiev, Ukraine

Attorneys general from eight U.S. states filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI on Wednesday, accusing the artificial intelligence company of endangering children through its ChatGPT chatbot and misleading consumers about the product's safety.

Ecuador is set to shore up its electric system to ensure service during the critical months of the El Niño weather phenomenon, forecast to run from late November through February, President Daniel Noboa said Wednesday.

Workers are busy at the manufacturing plant of Yadea in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam, July 7, 2026.Chinese electric motorcycle brands are becoming an increasingly common sight on the streets of Vietnam's major cities, as the country accelerates its shift toward greener urban transport.More Vietnamese

China is willing to continue dialogue with the EU in the economic and trade field to inject more stability and positive energy into the development of China-EU economic and trade relations, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said when meeting with the French President's Diplomatic Adviser Emmanuel

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Wednesday.

Fighting between the Saudi-led coalition and Yemen's Houthi group continued on Wednesday, with both sides carrying out fresh attacks and the Houthis vowing to continue targeting airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia in the coming days.

Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows early signs of slowing, but new hotspots are complicating response efforts, authorities said Wednesday.