Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.

Two deadly crashes in almost as many days have inflicted grief, anger and disruption. Two deadly crashes in almost as many days inflict grief, anger and disruption in Spain.

Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to a new international organisation that many fear may be designed to supplant the UN.

Newly unsealed court documents show Lively criticising the It Ends With Us director.

Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.

Japan restars a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.

At least 37 people have been injured, five seriously, in a second crash, after Sunday's two-train collision in Andalusia.

A man accused of stealing items from a convenience store and assaulting an employee who chased after him, causing injuries, has been sentenced to five years in prison. (News On Japan)

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, who was charged with murder and other crimes over the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was sentenced to life in prison on January 21st in a lay judge trial at the Nara District Court, in line with prosecutors’ request after proceedings that spanned 15 hearings since October 2025. Yamagami showed no change in expression as the life sentence was handed down. (News On Japan)

Kizza Besigye’s party says his condition is critical, but authorities say he was taken to hospital for a routine check-up.

The images from one mortuary in Tehran were shown to families who went to identify their loved ones.

The images from one mortuary in Tehran were shown to families who went to identify their loved ones.

A building in Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture, was engulfed in intense flames on January 18th after firefighters received a call shortly after 5 p.m. reporting that a house was on fire. (News On Japan)

The US president is due to arrive at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he said there are "a lot of meetings scheduled on Greenland".

Japan welcomed more than 40 million foreign visitors in 2025 for the first time, setting a new annual record, even as arrivals from China fell sharply in December. (News On Japan)

The dispute began after the couple defended their right to heat palak paneer in a campus microwave.

The BBC speaks to eyewitnesses and survivors of the fire that ripped through a busy Pakistan shopping centre.

The BBC speaks to eyewitnesses and survivors of the fire that ripped through a busy Pakistan shopping centre.

Kaouther Ben Hani's Oscar hopeful, The Voice of Hind Rajab, tells the tale of a girl killed in Gaza.