Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis announced on Monday what they called a "maritime blockade" on Israel's Haifa port in response to Israel's ongoing conflict in Gaza. "All companies with ships present in or ...

President Donald Trump, alongside his wife, Melania, on Monday signed the Take It Down Act, a measure the first lady helped usher through Congress to set stricter penalties for the distribution of non ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, how medication and therapy for it actually work, and why treatment is ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts European Union chiefs on Monday for a landmark summit designed to usher in a closer relationship between Britain and the bloc, five years after Brexit. The meeting ...

The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet hit a record low at 27.4 percent, down 5.2 percentage points from last month, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday. The plunge in ...

“Do you have any shin-cha?” the older gentleman to my left asked in a thick Hakata dialect. I had just bought some first harvest tea myself from my favorite tea shop and was waiting for it to be ...

Participants carry a mikoshi, or portable shrine, on the final day of the Sanja Matsuri in Tokyo on Sunday.

Movies and video games may make the life of a yakuza member glamorous, what with all the harm they do to themselves and others. But the reality is that when they’re not throwing their jackets off in ...

Police in Fukuoka have arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion assaulting a taxi driver after refusing to pay the fare. The incident occurred at around 1 a.m. Sunday, TBS reported. The 57-year-old ...

Global semiconductor chip giants will gather at Taiwan's top tech expo this week to showcase "the next frontier" for an industry dominated by artificial intelligence. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang will ...

There’s only one player who is consistently beating Jannik Sinner. Carlos Alcaraz defeated the top-ranked Sinner again, 7-6 (5), 6-1, to win his first Italian Open on Sunday and add another big ...

There stands before you an empty cup. Empty? No. Dregs remain. What to do? Pour fresh tea over the dregs? Nonsense. You empty the cup and wash it, only then considering it fit for use. As with cups, ...