Italian cities Milan and Rome on Monday restricted the use of cars, motor cycles, and scooters as smog levels have increased. Experts believe that the unseasonably dry and calm weather contributed to the increased smog pollution. Restrictions...

South Korea and Japan agreed on Monday to a final resolution on the issue of "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War II. Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida admitted responsibility...

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday submitted a proposed Constitutional amendment to the French Parliament to address anti-terrorism laws in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris in November. It is reported that the proposed amendments would...

Hundreds gathered in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city Friday to protest , the day after a Thai court sentenced two Myanmar migrant workers to death for the 2014 murders of two British tourists. The verdict resulted from a trial...

Months after a deadly July arson attack that left an 18-month old Palestinian and his parents dead, the Israeli government is making moves to prosecute the Jewish extremists suspected to have...

Bangladesh and Russia signed a $12.65 billion nuclear power deal on Friday. The state-run Atomic Energy Commission collaborated with the Russian Government and Rosatom to cement the deal. Kamrul Islam Bhyian, spokesman for...

U.S. special forces obtained a document during a raid in eastern Syria sanctioning the harvesting of human organs. The document permits the harvesting of a captive's organs to save a Muslim's life, even if it is fatal for...

China is expected to pass new anti-terrorism laws on Sunday which would require technology companies to provide information to the government from technology products and make information systems "secure and controllable." The proposed laws have been criticized by western organizations...

The Fukui District Court in Japan lifted an injunction on Thursday against allowing two nuclear reactors to reopen. Japan ordered closed all of its nuclear reactors after the Fukushima Disaster in 2011. A group of residents filed an injunction...

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Thursday announced amendments to the nation's foreign investor law in an effort to stimulate Zimbabwe's stagnant economy. The ambiguously-worded Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Bill of 2007 required all foreign companies...