Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is the first leader of a major U.S. ally to meet with Trump since he demanded that Japan and other nations help protect the Strait of Hormuz.

At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The UN says over a hundred people were killed.

Costa Rica has formally severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, marking a sharp escalation in regional tensions. Ecuador did so earlier in March.

A man who is wanted in Colombia and Ecuador for the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito in 2023 was arrested in Mexico and transferred to Colombia, authorities said Wednesday.

Iran steps up attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure following an Israeli strike on its South Pars gas field, with Qatar's key Ras Laffan Industrial City suffering "extensive damage". CNBC's Dan Murphy reports from Dubai.

Macao’s lawmakers on Thursday unanimously passed a law that could allow closed-door court proceedings if the authorities deemed public hearings would harm national security.

China, which has not ruled out the use of force against the Beijing-claimed island democracy, prefers to achieve unification without it, U.S. intelligence agencies said.

Pope Leo XIV is signaling strong endorsement of one of Pope Francis’ most controversial policies on marriage and divorce