U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade relations with Tokyo are testy, but Idaho gave Takashi Suzuki a warm welcome.
Former sex worker Catherine Healy was honored this week by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II for her work advocating for prostitutes.
Nearly half of Afghanistan's children are not attending school because of worsening security, poverty and sex discrimination, according to a new UN report...
China has retrieved 8.5 tons of waste from Mount Everest since April as it clears garbage left by growing numbers of visitors, the state-run Global Times said...
A promotional stunt by an Irish tech company to bury $100,000 worth of a new cryptocurrency at Everest's summit has been linked to the death of a Sherpa...
A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said,...
A veteran Sherpa guide who scaled Mount Everest for a record 22nd time last week returned from the mountain on Sunday and said he's already planning his next...
An Australian mountaineer Steve Plain, 36, scaled Mount Everest Monday, completing his quest to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents in record...
An Australian climber reached the top of Mount Everest Monday, becoming the fastest person to summit the highest mountain on each of the world's seven...
Everest is the ultimate mountaineering “trophy,” but the rising number of inexperienced climbers attempting to tackle the summit are running huge risks to...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prayed at a renowned Hindu temple with his Nepalese counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli Friday as he started a visit aiming to...
President Juan Orlando Hernandez's government expressed regret over a U.S. move Friday to end temporary protected status, or TPS, for tens of thousands of...
North Korea went forward in time by 30 minutes on Saturday, state media said, to match its clocks with those of the South following last week's inter-Korean...
Lebanon’s second tattoo festival took place over the weekend, gathering the country’s tight-knit creative community of tattoo lovers and artists in the...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather...
A "miracle" winning streak has propelled Yemen's senior and youth football teams to the Asian Cup, catching the war-torn nation's attention and offering a...
The cost of maintaining a drug, booze and cigarette habit got a lot more expensive in the U.S. last year, rising the most of almost anywhere in the world, the...
A French emergency doctor and mountain guide whose high-altitude work earned him the nickname "Doctor Vertical" was killed Monday in an avalanche in the Alps,...
Qatar World Cup organizers say migrant workers building stadiums will receive more than $5 million in compensation after recruitment fees were demanded to...
Nepal's lawmakers Tuesday elected President Bidya Bhandari for a second term, extending the tenure of the Himalayan nation's first female head of state for...