Japan’s cherry blossom season is starting as officials confirm the first blooms in three Japanese cities.

A new constitution that strengthens President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest country, has won overwhelming approval in a referendum.

Two boats carrying 21 people capsized off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and killing two, officials said.

Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a firm grasp on power.

Iranians in Kurdish areas are crossing into northern Iraq to escape the pressures of war, buy cheaper food, and reach the internet to contact family.

In an interview on ABC’s ‘This Week’ Chris Wright the energy secretary says we’ll see a rebound in supplies and pushing down of prices after the war ends.

As the race to build data centers heats up, competition for natural resources is pushing construction into rural areas where it can be tough to lure workers.

Pakistan says it struck militant hideouts in Afghanistan as cross-border fighting intensified and both sides traded blame.

Pope Leo XIV has urged a ceasefire in the Middle East and called on leaders in the Iran war to reopen talks.

An AP investigation has found that an Israeli group whose founder strongly supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza is behind several flights that transferred hundreds of people out of the war-torn enclave.