Japan hiked its permanent residency fee for foreigners to $1,266 along with new minimum requirements for income, pensions and Japanese-language ability.

The French government soured on a reciprocal deal that allowed the British authorities to return some migrants who crossed the English Channel illegally in small boats.

The incident unfolded outside RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday, in which five men were arrested on suspicion of terror offenses. On Monday, Iran had denied any involvement.

Blasts have been heard across Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa following a government ban on drones. An intelligence official confirmed three explosions on Wednesday night but gave no details.

France’s prime minister convened a crisis meeting on Thursday and canceled ministers’ trips to focus on the nationwide spread of protests, some violent, by high school students venting against under-resourced schools,

American forces made a formal exit from Iraq with a low-key ceremony. It marks the end of an era that began over 23 years ago with President George Bush’s “shock and awe” invasion. The U.S. military has actually been in Iraq for much of the last 35 years,

Summer heat waves in Europe saw Switzerland's alpine glaciers melt away at an "extraordinary" rate with more than 5% of glacier ice lost this year.

South Korea has pushed back on the Trump administration’s announcement that the country would invest $54 billion in a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, saying it had agreed to do so only if the long-stalled venture proves economically feasible.