A mobile battery caught fire inside a train on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line on October 4th, injuring two women and disrupting operations on both northbound and southbound tracks. (News On Japan)

Richard Keita Kusama, a 29-year-old member of the idol group Aぇ! Group under STARTO Entertainment, was arrested by Tokyo Metropolitan Police on suspicion of public indecency. (News On Japan)

Despite a recent surge in demand, the US is a laggard in EV sales compared to much of the rest of the world.

The controversial move follows protests over ramped-up immigration enforcement and the shooting of a woman during unrest on Saturday.

The small South Pacific nation is facing one of the world's fastest growing HIV epidemics.

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

Three provinces will not be included "for security reasons", amid concerns over how representative the polls will be.

Three provinces will not be included "for security reasons", amid concerns over how representative the polls will be.

The conservative politician is set to be Japan's first female prime minister.

FBI leadership is reportedly in discussions to stage a showy arrest of the bureau's former director next week.

Hamas will disarm "the easy way or the hard way", Israel's PM says after the group gave its response to a peace plan.

Families describe a "fragile situation", with negotiations between Israel and Hamas expected to resume.

Water cannon and pepper spray was used by authorities to disperse protesters.

At least three people, including two rescue workers, have been killed in the country's south-east

Police used pepper spray to disperse demonstrators amid growing turmoil in the Caucasus country.

However, his ANO party falls short of an overall majority in preliminary results.

Preliminary reports indicate that train staff and passengers were at the site of the strike, he says.

Families describe a "fragile situation", with negotiations between Israel and Hamas expected to resume.

Sanae Takaichi, elected as the Liberal Democratic Party’s new president on October 4th, declared on stage, “I ask everybody to work like a horse,” after defeating agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff to become the party’s first female leader. (News On Japan)

Hamas agreed to release the hostages and to the idea of handing over governing Gaza to Palestinian technocrats, but did not give a clear response to many other elements.