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Japan will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in order to resume commercial whale hunting in July 2019, the Japanese government said Wednesday. Under IWC rules, Japan's withdrawal will…

Queen Elizabeth II wove personal reflections into the latest edition of her annual Christmas message, saying she hoped her long life brought a measure of wisdom and noting her grandchildren's…

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday held a groundbreaking ceremony to modernize and eventually connect railways and roads across the inter-Korean border. The ceremony…

Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man suspected of spray-painting swastikas on U.S. President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The LAPD says Jose Ortega of Los Angeles…

Rescue teams have been striving to reach isolated tsunami-hit areas in Indonesia, where more victims are believed to remain under the rubble. Meanwhile, the number of those displaced by the…

About 100 South Korean passengers boarded a train early Wednesday in Seoul station for a rare trip to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). They were given souvenir tickets…

U.S. President Donald Trump visited the U.S. troops in Iraq to celebrate Christmas, the official Iraqiya television reported on Wednesday. The state-run channel briefly said that Trump "denied any plans…

Downtown Flushing in New York City's borough of Queens has released its 2019 coupon book to boost foot traffic to the bustling center of commerce, transportation and finance sometimes known…

A Delta Airlines flight from China to the US has been diverted to a remote island off the coast of Alaska after a possible "engine issue" was reported on Monday.…

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump took calls from children anxious to find out where Santa is on his gift-giving journey. In one conversation, Trump asked a 7-year-old…