The Islamic State group's elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first purported appearance in five years in a propaganda video released Monday, in which he acknowledges IS's defeat at Baghouz.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will create trade insurance that will fully cover infrastructure-related exports and loans to Africa, hoping to encourage companies here to make further inroads into a region considered the last frontier of the global economy.

Japan's imperial family is relatively small and will shrink further in the coming years.

The Japan Table Tennis Association has filed a protest with the International Table Tennis Federation over a controversial ruling in the women's doubles final at the just-ended table tennis world championships in Budapest, sources said Sunday.

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as investors looked ahead to U.S.-Chinese trade talks and the Federal Reserve's update on its U.S. interest rate outlook.

A 28-year-old trade ministry official has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle a stimulant from the United States, police said Monday.

Placido Domingo has starred on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for a whopping 50 years - and is still singing, amazingly, at age 78.

Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate on April 30, making it the last day of the three-decade Heisei era.

Taiwan's defense ministry says two U.S. warships have sailed through the Taiwan Strait, in a move likely to spark protests from Beijing.

A gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd that had gathered for Sunday afternoon cookouts along a west Baltimore street, killing one person and wounding seven others, authorities said.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Sunday with Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau to seek the rule of law in resolving international issues, including China's arrest of two Canadian citizens.

Ryan Palmer and Jon Rahm shot a 3-under 69 in the alternate-shot final round Sunday to win the Zurich Classic, beating Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood by three strokes in the PGA Tour's only team event.