The next round of negotiations between the European Union and Japan for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is set to take place in Tokyo from June 24 to July 3, the EU said in a press release on Monday.
According to the press release, further talks on the FTA are excerpted in October. It said the first...
The United States on Monday expressed hopes that the newly- elected Iranian President would fulfill his campaign pledges to make every possible efforts to improve relations with Western nations and to ease sanctions imposed on Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
"He does not take office until...
Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was targeted by Taliban gunmen for advocating girls' education in her home nation, has become the first signatory of a new worldwide petition calling for urgent action to ensure the right of every child to safely attend school, it was announced on...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed Cliff Sloan, a Washington lawyer, as Special Envoy to oversee the closure of the controversial U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, it was announced on Monday.
"This decision or this announcement reflects the Administration's commitment to...
Japan and Russia have agreed to speed up talks over four Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido in northern Japan, which are claimed by Japan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Japan this fall to help achieve the goal as per the agreement reached between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...
A Texas teenager was attacked by a shark Monday while standing in shallow water along the Gulf coast. NBC News reports that the teenager, a 15-year-old male, was with his friends at Surfside Beach on the Gulf of Mexico when he felt a bite on his left leg. He tried to fight the shark off by hitting it, but the shark then attacked his left hand.
A rise in gang violence in Chicago has led to the most deadly weekend of the year for the city, with a reported nine people killed over the last three days. Reuters reports that two of the nine people killed were police shootings and that there were 26 shootings in total between last Friday and Sunday.
The infamous serial killer dubbed by the media as the "Night Stalker" has died, Reuters is reporting. Richard Ramirez, 53, was convicted of killing 13 people in the 1980s in the Los Angeles area of California. Ramirez died from complications of B-cell lymphoma on June 7 at Marin General Hospital, where he had been taken for treatment.
Monday's meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken on new importance as both countries are now openly arming opposite sides in the Syrian conflict.
Last week, the White House said it had concluded the government of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is using...
For the second time in about a month, the mayor of a big Canadian city is in big trouble as Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested Monday on 14 charges of fraud and corruption.
Police said the charges involve Applebaum's involvement in two real estate deals. The charges include fraud, breach...
Authorities in Beverly, Massachusetts have arrested two men who allegedly tried to swallow their drugs after being pulled over in a traffic stop on Friday. The Salem News reports that officer Tom Nolan pulled the car over for having windows tinted, but that the vehicle did not immediately stop.
Robert Craft, owner of the New England Patriots, told the Boston Globe that in 2005 he did not gift his Super Bowl ring to Russian president Vladimir Putin; in fact, Craft told the paper, Putin stole the ring. "I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,' " Kraft told the crowd at Carnegie Hall's Medal of Excellence gala.
A man suspected of robbing a bank in Pennsylvania fatally shot a customer that was chasing after him on Sunday at a supermarket. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Vincent M. Kelley, 46, was grocery shopping with his friend and followed the alleged robber outside to his car. Kelley tried to subdue the man, but instead was shot several times. The alleged robber quickly drove away.
A former day laborer from Fairfax, Virginia pleaded guilty in court on Monday to approaching women at Fairfax County shopping malls, slashing their buttocks with a razor blade or box cutter and then disappearing. The Washington Post reports that Johnny D. Guillen Pimentel had been suspected of slashing nine different women between February and June of 2011.
Former government contract worker Edward Snowden, the man who leaked the information regarding the surveillance programs issued by the National Security Agency, says that it is not possible for him to receive a fair trial in the United States. UK's The Guardian reports that Snowden said easons he revealed the leak was because he was disappointed in President Barack Obama.