Medical consultation fees at healthcare institutions in Japan are set to rise starting in June as authorities move to address soaring costs and wage increases, with around 70 percent of hospitals nationwide currently operating at a loss. (News On Japan)

Munich, Los Angeles, and Toronto saw the largest crowds, with smaller rallies also taking place in Tel Aviv and Libson.

Relaxed visa rules for British and Canadian passport holders will come into force on 17 February.

The Palestinian Red Crescent say a strike on a tent encampment in northern Gaza killed at least six people.

Ghana has called on Russia to extradite the man, who is accused of recording sexual encounters without consent.

Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet that the ball was "in America's court to prove that they want to do a deal".

A reset of the frayed relationship is possible, say analysts. But it will require restraint - and reciprocity.

Assailants shot dead or cut the throats of their victims, lit homes on fire and abducted multiple people in Niger state, Nigeria.

Samantha Guthrie's fame has helped turn her mother's abduction into a national obsession.

Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First - and stake a claim as future party leaders.

The theft has left Germans with a strong sense that trust in institutions and the system has been shaken.

The crew blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

Two people were arrested after a woman was spotted by a drone grabbing a phone from an attendee.

Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.

The former US president didn't name Trump, but lamented the lack of "shame" and "decorum" among public officials.

The former US president didn't name Trump, but lamented the lack of "shame" and "decorum" among public officials.

The annual aficionados' bonanza has been postponed until further notice as shortages affect international travel.

The annual aficionados' bonanza has been postponed until further notice as shortages affect international travel.

Giving some newborns in Guinea-Bissau an established hepatitis B treatment but not others is "unethical", it says.

Giving some newborns in Guinea-Bissau an established hepatitis B treatment but not others is "unethical", it says.