TSUKUBA, Japan -- Japanese researchers have succeeded in growing black truffles continuously at a site in Gifu prefecture, it ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week. Of the ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -- The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in ...

BEIJING (AP) -- China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry ...

SEOUL -- Korean Air Lines, South Korea's top carrier, said Thursday that it would merge with No. 2 player Asiana Airlines by the end of the year, following years of negotiations with regulators. The ...

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong International Airport started fully implementing a system that allows it to simultaneously operate three runways on Thursday, with plans to expand terminals and other related ...

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to launch a takeover bid for WealthNavi, Japan's largest robo-adviser platform, Nikkei has learned. The megabank, which in February took a stake of ...

TOKYO -- Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank will raise interest rates for depositors 28 and younger to 0.3% per year, roughly three ...

BANGKOK -- Chinese carmakers unveiled new hybrid models at the biannual Bangkok motor show on Thursday, eschewing the electric vehicles that have made them household names in Thailand to attract ...

BANGKOK -- Britain's parliament has joined a growing number of countries in explicitly backing Taiwan's right to take part in ...

Hopes Japan would be immune to the right-wing populism driven by social media and marked by "alternative facts" seen in other ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia approved on Thursday a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that ...