The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump of a "massive, unprecedented, and growing pattern of obstruction" after he ordered federal employees not to comply with congressional investigations.
Leading Democrats voiced horror and called for a rethink of the U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after mass executions, while President Donald Trump's administration expressed only indirect concern.
Several dozen diplomats walked out from the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday to protest a speech by Venezuela's foreign minister, who denounced U.S. calls on the world body to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president.
Japan's parliament enacted legislation on Wednesday to pay 3.2 million yen ($28,600) state compensation to each person who underwent forced sterilization under a now-defunct 1948 eugenics law.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed into Russia on a private train, after leaving Pyongyang earlier Wednesday for his first talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Foreign Minister Taro Kono will make a three-day trip to Moscow to hold talks with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on May 10 on a territorial dispute that has kept the two countries from concluding a postwar peace treaty, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Tuesday to coordinate closely in addressing global economic, trade and environmental issues before Japan hosts a Group of 20 summit in June.
The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee says the White House is in "open defiance" of his panel after lawyers advised a former official to ignore a subpoena related to the committee's investigation of White House security clearances .
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a "great meeting" Tuesday with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, hours after bashing the company and accusing it of not treating him well because he's a Republican.
A cross-party group of about 70 Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the country's war dead during its annual spring festival.
Japan expects a limited impact from the U.S. decision not to renew waivers previously granted on Iran oil import sanctions, the country's trade and industry minister said on Tuesday.
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