Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox men enrolled in full-time religious study.

Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox men enrolled in full-time religious study.

The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board vanished in 2014 in one of the greatest aviation mysteries.

The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board vanished in 2014 in one of the greatest aviation mysteries.

The Google-owned platform says parental controls will be stripped away as a result of the ban.

The president says the US will "go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country".

Former vice-president Salvador Nasralla has a small lead over his rival, the conservative former mayor of Tegucigalpa, Nasry Asfura.

Former vice-president Salvador Nasralla has a small lead over his rival, the conservative former mayor of Tegucigalpa, Nasry Asfura.

A man was hoisted to safety and uninjured after his truck partly skated off an icy bridge road in the US

The military has taken over but some say the overthrow of the president was not what it seemed.

Fishing boats deliver relief supplies to flooded suburbs as community kitchens churn out food aid.

Kremlin officials described the five hours of negotiations as "productive".

Kobe welcomed a new waterfront destination this year as the redevelopment of the former Shinko No. 2 Pier area gave rise to TOTTEI, a spacious coastal district designed to connect the city more closely with the sea while offering visitors a range of leisure attractions that highlight the port city’s unique blend of ocean and mountains. (News On Japan)

A surge in prices is hitting local festivals across Japan, with the centuries-old Chichibu Night Festival, one of the nation’s three major float festivals, reducing its traditional fireworks program by 200 shots after pyrotechnic costs soared, as the Highashi administration rolls out inflation countermeasures that aim to support households but have prompted concerns that they may end up accelerating inflation instead, raising questions about how these policies will ultimately affect everyday life. (News On Japan)

The strike has prompted concerns that US forces may have violated laws governing armed conflict.

The strike has prompted concerns that US forces may have violated laws governing armed conflict.

The Imperial Winter Egg with 4,500 diamonds was commissioned by Russia's Tsar Nicholas II in 1913.

Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with over 400 tonnes of cocaine, walks free after the pardon.

We look at what is behind the deployment of a large US military force to within striking distance of Venezuela.

While many Ukrainians believe they have sacrificed too much for their country to lose territory to Russia, others are desperate for the war to end.