After the 2011 tsunami and meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan shut down all of its nuclear reactors

Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar's border regions

Before that ban, China accounted for more than a fifth of all Japan's seafood exports, according to official data.

For many EU states, the concern is that the focus on regulation has come at the expense of innovation

In addition, President Donald Trump approved a "major defense sale package," which includes future deliveries of F-35 advanced American fighter jets.

The wealthy and well-connected financier died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls.

Trump threatened ABC's broadcast license after reporter Mary Bruce posed questions during a White House visit by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

'My son is a big fan of Ronaldo,' Trump said in his pre-dinner speech

'You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that.'

One person was killed and three were wounded in a stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Israeli emergency services said.

The UN Security Council on Monday voted to adopt a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorising an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave.

COP30 hosts Brazil yesterday produced a first draft of an agreement between nations at the UN climate talks after negotiations on the sticking points stretched late into the night.

The head of Google’s parent company Alphabet warned that every company would be impacted if the AI bubble were to burst, in an interview to the BBC.

Japan has warned its citizens in China to be careful of their surroundings and to avoid big crowds amid a diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan.

President Donald Trump said on Monday he has not ruled out putting American forces on the ground in Venezuela, while expressing a willingness to hear directly from Nicolas Maduro regarding the Venezuelan leader’s proposals to avert further US military escalation.

The number of newly enrolled international students at US colleges and universities dropped by 17 percent this autumn following new restrictions on student visas and other Trump administration policies, according to a report released on Monday.

Abrupt cuts to development aid by major donor countries could cause up to 22.6 million additional deaths in developing countries by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five, according to a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and other organizations.

The risk-sensitive cryptocurrency has erased 2025 gains

It will be the first trip by bin Salman, widely known as MBS, to the US since 2018

Hamas rulers said they rejected UN resolution which calls for an international force to be deployed