A law to protect state secrets, comparable to those in other advanced countries, has finally been enacted in Japan. The government must use the law to strengthen diplomatic and national security po...

The great conciliator is gone. Nelson Mandela, whose unbreakable spirit and shining magnanimity knit together a South Africa torn by centuries of racism and exploitation, died Thursday at 95. Mande...

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Canada—Wherever I went, whatever I saw was fantastic. You might call that an overstatement, but not if you ever visited here. Green meadows and the reddish soil of potato field...

SEOUL (AP)—North Korea on Saturday deported an elderly U.S. tourist, apparently ending the saga of Merrill Newman’s return to the North six decades after he advised South Korean guerrillas still ...

WASHINGTON (AP)—A longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence has resigned after the government learned he has worked since 2010 as a paid consultant for Huawei Technologies Ltd....

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Obama administration said Friday it will allow some companies to kill or injure bald and golden eagles for up to 30 years without penalty, an effort to spur development and inve...

UNITED NATIONS (AP)—The U.N. General Assembly elected Jordan to the Security Council on Friday to replace Saudi Arabia, which rejected the seat it won in an unprecedented act to protest the council...