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Japan’s parliament has elected Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister, tasked with addressing public outrage over his governing party’s corruption scandals ahead of a parliamentary election later this month, while trying to boost the economy and tackle security challenges from China and North Korea

The newly elected Japanese prime minister pledged to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance amid growing tension in the region while calling for it to be more equitable

Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pledging to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance while calling for it to be more equitable

China is marking the 75th year of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger over the massive state

Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador turned his final morning briefing Monday into a variety show featuring live music, breakfast and a raffle to gift his watch to a journalist

The Biden administration has decided not to seek a second consecutive term on the much-maligned U.N. Human Rights Council

Doctors Without Borders says it has treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence in Congo last year

Doctors Without Borders says that it treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east where armed groups vie for power

North Korea is condemning the United States and its allies for “stirring up military confrontations still further” by engaging in war games in the Asia-Pacific region and discussing regime change in the diplomatically isolated nation

The mother of a prominent Egyptian rights activist has said that she has started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to release her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak