Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called on European Union leaders to help Britain avert a potentially disastrous departure from the economic bloc without an exit deal.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump finally has a date on the calendar for a state dinner at Buckingham Palace — a visit more than two years in the making.

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 .

Sudan's military overthrew President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday after months of bloody protests against his repressive 30-year rule. But pro-democracy demonstrators vowed to keep up their campaign in the streets after the military said it would govern the country for the next two years.

Japan's government has revealed that on March 14 it officially selected multiple experts to consider a new name for the era of the nation's next emperor. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's announcement on Sunday suggests that the selection process is now in the final stage.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may meet President Donald Trump in the United States in late April for talks on North Korea and Japan-U.S. trade, two government officials and Japanese media said on Thursday.

The Tokyo District Court plans to hold the first hearing for Nissan Motor's former chairman Carlos Ghosn in September.

A senior Japanese official has visited Egypt before the arrival of Self-Defense Forces personnel for an international peace mission.

NHK has learned that the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee will likely have to retire without serving another term as French authorities are investigating him in connection with allegations of corruption.

If U.S. President Donald Trump survives multiplying investigations into his campaign and business dealings, he will achieve a "bigger win" in the 2020 presidential election than in 2016, Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to Trump, says.

Police arrested Monday a 22-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death the head of a foster home in Tokyo where the man used to live, with the suspect saying he wanted revenge against the facility.