Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says Wednesday's meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was generally meaningful.
Hong Kong police have clashed with protesters who are against a planned legal revision that would enable criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China. More than 70 people have been injured.
The death toll from an attack by terror group Boko Haram in Darak, a town in Cameroon's Far North region bordering Lake Chad, rose to 37, military sources said Tuesday.
The air forces of the UN-backed Libyan government on Tuesday launched 3 airstrikes against the eastern-based army in south of the capital Tripoli, as the armed conflict in the city between the two parties continues.
With celebratory speeches, a new statue and a visit from former US president Bill Clinton, Kosovo will on Wednesday mark 20 years since the NATO intervention that ended its war with Serbia and cleared a path for independence.
Protesters in Hong Kong have gathered around the legislature building as lawmakers prepare to debate a bill that would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial.