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The refugees, after weeks on a boat, will be able to disembark temporarily in a town in Indonesia, but residents have refused to let them stay. Video A boat carrying…

A meeting between the two leaders comes just two days after they settled a tense border dispute in the Himalayas. China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Kyushu, often passed over by international visitors, is rich in crafts, history and culture. Here are four destinations to consider. If I stared too long, the glossy, petrified tree trunk…

What the soldiers are doing is “left to be seen,” the U.S. defense secretary said. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III confirmed on Wednesday that North Korea had sent…

North Korea’s supply of munitions has already been critical to the Russian war effort. Now, there are growing fears that it is sending troops as well. Five months ago, the…

Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes as parts of the country experienced unprecedented flooding, the authorities said. Tropical Storm Trami drenched the Philippines with torrential rain on Wednesday,…

Tokyo Metro had raised over $2 billion in one of Japan’s largest initial public offerings in years. The stock price of Tokyo Metro soared over 45 percent on Wednesday, the…

Plus, saving Japan’s most popular rice. Republican lawmakers sow doubts about the election As Donald Trump makes widespread claims that the Nov. 5 election will be rigged, a handful of…

Lee Hsien Yang accused his brother, a former prime minister, of persecuting him politically, inflaming the feud in Singapore’s first family. Lee Hsien Yang, a member of the family that…

The Russian leader wants to cast himself as a global statesman, even as the U.S. and its Western allies try to isolate him. Isolated by the West for his war…