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Authorities in Taiwan are warning residents along its eastern coast to brace for the impacts Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which has rapidly intensified as it barrels towards the island after bashing the Philippines. Kong-rey, moving northwest…

The excitement was evident in a Tokyo bar on Wednesday morning, Japan time, as fans chanted for their homegrown hero. “Shohei! Shohei! Shohei!” erupted in Fields Shibuya, a sports dining bar, as the All-Star player stepped to…

At least 51 people have died in flash floods in southeastern Spain, the regional government of Valencia said on Wednesday. Some locations in southern and eastern Spain received up to 12 inches of rain in…

British far-right political activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after he admitted to being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee, according to court documents. Robinson, whose…

A major manhunt is underway in northern Austria after a hunter allegedly fatally shot two people and fled the scene, local police said Monday. Franz Hofer, mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, was killed in…

A British lawmaker has been suspended by the governing Labour Party after footage appeared to show him punching a man repeatedly on the street. Police are investigating the alleged attack by Mike Amesbury on Friday…

Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has called on citizens to protest the results of a disputed election in an attempt to save the country’s “European future.” Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside the parliament on…

A sense of urgency has been growing after the role of women emerged as a dominant theme when Catholics from across the globe were canvassed for their views ahead of a meeting of bishops and…

A Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv on Monday shattered much of the Derzhprom building, one of the most celebrated landmarks in Ukraine’s second city, dating from the 1920s. Six people were injured in the…

Israel’s parliament has voted to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences for millions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. On…