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With sweeping defense buildup, financial burden unavoidable: Japan panel

Kishida's governing party wants to double Japan's current defense budget to about 10 trillion ($70 billion) in the next five years

Iran enriches uranium to 60% purity in response to UN watchdog order

The increased enrichment, reported by the official news agency IRNA, was seen as a significant addition to the country's nuclear programme

FIFA blocks 'Love' detail on Belgium's jersey at World Cup in Qatar

FIFA has denied Belgium's request to wear team jerseys with a Love label at the World Cup in Qatar because of a commercial link to a rave festival

Tsunami warning as magnitude 7 earthquake strikes Solomon Islands

A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a tsunami warning

Two arrested after Twitter posts threat to 'shoot up a synagogue'

Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other agencies in arrested Christopher Brown, 21, and Matthew Mahrer, 22, on charges including criminal possession of a weapon

At least 36 killed in fire at workshop in central China's Henan province

A fire has killed 36 people in a workshop in Anyang city in central China's Henan province, Chinese state media said

Auditors in Iraq uncover $2.5 billion tax fraud from nation's authority

Auditors in Iraq have uncovered a massive scheme in which a network of businesses and officials embezzled some $2.5 billion from the country's tax authority, despite layers of safeguards

Elon Musk's Twitter reinstates account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Elon Musk's Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform's COVID misinformation policies at the time.

US, allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea latest missile tests

The United States and its allies strongly condemned North Korea's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test and called for action to limit its nuclear and missile programs

Quake topples Indonesia's Java island; at least 162 dead, hundreds injured

Many of the dead were public-school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at several Islamic schools when they collapsed

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX owes top creditors more than $3 billion

The failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX owes more than $3 billion to its largest creditors, the company disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.

Nasa's Orion capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit

NASA's Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the back side and passing within 80 miles (128 km) on its way to a record-breaking lunar orbit

Fifa World Cup 2022: Teams shelve armband plan seen as snub to host

Since being awarded the World Cup hosting rights in 2010, conservative Muslim Qatar has faced criticism of its treatment of low-paid migrant workers and criminalisation of homosexuality

South China city of Guangzhou locks down district in 'zero-Covid' fight

Baiyun district in Guangzhou also suspended in-person classes for schools and sealed off universities. The measures are meant to last until Friday, the city announced.

US Prez Biden urges American World Cup team to 'let's go shock 'em all'

You keep trusting in one another, play as hard as you can, and for you and your families, your teammates and the whole country's rooting for you," Biden went on

North Korea calls UN chief Guterres 'puppet of US' after missile launch

"I often take the UN secretary-general for a member of the US White House or its State Department," North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said in a statement carried by state media.

As British voters cool on Brexit, UK softens tone towards European Union

The British government denied a report that it is seeking a Swiss-style relationship with the European Union that would remove many of the economic barriers erected by Brexit

Massive snowfall in New York due to lake-effect storm near Lake Erie

Piles of snow, in some places taller than most people, buried parts of western and northern New York as a lake-effect storm pounded areas east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario for a third straight day

Official claims deadly Gaza house fire caused by party stunt

Investigators said that last week's massive apartment fire in the Gaza Strip was ignited accidentally by a man using gasoline in a party trick, but did not explain how they reached that conclusion

Fifa World Cup 2022 Viewer's Guide: Qatar kicks off, USA ready to play

The first World Cup in the Middle East finally began Sunday night with a flashy opening ceremony and a match between Qatar and Ecuador without any beer for sale in the stadium