Japan's undefeated Inoue is facing one of the most dangerous opponents of his career when he takes on Akhmadaliev on September 14 with all four belts on the line. The 30-year-old Uzbek won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics before embarking on a profe...

The country's worst violence in decades left at least six people dead and 20 missing, with rallies over lavish perks for lawmakers descending into angry riots against police after officers were filmed running over a young delivery driver. Southeast...

President Xi Jinping is set to flaunt China's vision of a new global order at Wednesday's Victory Day military parade. Reporting from Hong Kong, France 24's Patrick Foy says the parade has been described as a "coming out party for China's military m...

Since taking power in 2011, Kim has now made nine international trips and crossed the border into South Korea twice, using his bespoke, bulletproof train for most of his travel. AFP takes a look at what we know about Kim's preferred mode of transpo...

Donnarumma is reportedly set to sign for Pep Guardiola's side for 35 million euros (£30 million, $41 million) after being told he was surplus to requirements at Paris Saint-Germain despite being pivotal in their winning the Champions League last te...

Takeshi Niinami, 66, was put under police investigation following the arrest of a man in an illegal drug case in July, according to Jiji news agency. Police searched Niinami's house in August, but he has denied involvement, and no illegal drugs hav...

Stocks, meanwhile, were mixed as investors awaited fresh direction from Wall Street after it was closed on Monday for Labor Day. Gold reached $3,501.59 an ounce during early trading in Asia, soaring past its previous record of $3,500.10 in April. ...

Seoul's National Intelligence Service said in April "the number of war dead was at least 600. But based on updated assessments, it now estimates the figure at around 2,000," lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun told reporters after a briefing from the spy agenc...

The government will work with industry on developing new legislation against the "abhorrent technologies", it said in a statement, without providing a timeline. "There is no place for apps and technologies that are used solely to abuse, humiliate a...

So-called "vibe hacking" -- a twist on the more positive "vibe coding" that generative AI tools supposedly enable those without extensive expertise to achieve -- marks "a concerning evolution in AI-assisted cybercrime" according to American company ...

Flooding across the northwestern state killed at least 29 people and affected over 250,000 last month, with the state's chief minister calling it "one of the worst flood disasters in decades". The region is often dubbed India's breadbasket, but mor...

Other than Liverpool signing Alexander Isak from rivals Newcastle, the top four most expensive Premier League arrivals this summer -- Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Nick Woltemade and Benjamin Sesko -- all came from the Bundesliga. A total of 380 mil...

Wednesday's showcase of China's might has been seized by world leaders as an opportunity to hold rare face-to-face talks, with North Korea's Kim Jong Un expected to hold summits with both Putin and Xi according to South Korean sources. Xi himself ...

Guyanese voters on Monday chose who would manage the South American country's newfound oil riches amid discontent over the management of the government's skyrocketing budget. Although abundant oil in the Essequibo region has made Guyana one of the w...

If that assertion is upheld, Ahmed Samsam could seek to overturn a 2018 conviction he received in Spain for belonging to IS, a jihadist group that tried to carve out territory in Syria and elsewhere. "A positive ruling from the Supreme Court would ...