The governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has demanded that the central government do more to ensure discipline among U.S. troops on the southern island following the arrest of a U.S. Ma

The U.S. military in Okinawa is instituting a 48-hour operational pause, prohibiting U.S. service members from leaving the base.

The U.S. military in Okinawa, Japan, is pausing all operations for two days after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of killing a local woman

A US Marine was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder and robbery after a woman’s body was discovered in a hotel room in Okinawa, prompting outrage across Japan, with the local governor saying the incident showed the US efforts to maintain discipline among its troops were “completely ineffective.”

Israelis commemorate Wednesday the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage, sparking the war in Gaza. Palestinians in the coastal

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 251 others, leading to a devastating war and, eventually, a fragile ceasefire.

The two have yet to agree on the terms of a deal that would see Hamas lay down its weapons in exchange for Israeli troop withdrawals. Israel says it will not pull back until Hamas

Three years after the deadliest single day in Israel’s history, the country marked the somber occasion with a series of ceremonies, memorials and protests at more than 400 locations.

The State Department is pushing Moscow for details about the potential leak of pneumonic plague in Siberia.

The State Department has asked Moscow for information on how a worker at a plague research center in Siberia died.

The State Department is pushing Moscow for details about the potential leak of pneumonic plague in Siberia.

Trump said he expects to speak with Putin "very soon."

Bulgaria’s president says that Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a significant deterioration of the security environment in the Black Sea region.

Rescue operations were underway after drones hit ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast on Tuesday, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.

Drones struck two tankers in the Black Sea near Bulgaria on Tuesday, in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone.

The crew of a merchant ship was missing on Tuesday after the vessel sank in the Black Sea off NATO member Bulgaria following a drone strike that Prime Minister Rumen Radev described as a gross violation of international law.

Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their efforts to resolve mysterious mirror images in chemical molecules.

Scientists ⁠Henri Kagan ⁠and Kenso Soai won ​the 2026 Nobel Prize ‌in Chemistry "for the ‌discovery of ⁠non-linear ⁠effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis," ​the award-giving body said on Wednesday.

The chemical reactions they have developed are spectacular,” Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said.

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri Kagan of the former Paris-Sud University and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University of Science for "making chemistry choose a mirror image. "