Japan court orders retrial of longest-serving death row convict over 1966 murder case
The world's longest-serving death row convict was on Monday granted a retrial by a Japanese court in the latest twist in a legal saga dating back to the 1960s.
Australia, the UK and US are joining forces in the Pacific, but will nuclear subs arrive quick enough to counter China?
More than a year after the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia dropped the tightly held news they were combining submarine forces, the trio released more details Monday of their ambitious plan to counter China's rapid military expansion.
No public holiday for Michelle Yeoh's Oscar win, Malaysia confirms after disinformation goes viral
Michelle Yeoh's history-making Oscar win caused jubilation this week in her native Malaysia, but it also sparked false rumors that a national holiday had been declared -- something the country's government quickly dispelled.
China looms large as Biden makes submarine moves with UK, Australia
President Joe Biden will be flanked on Monday by a 377-foot submarine -- the USS Missouri -- as he announces an accelerated timeline for Australia to receive its own nuclear-powered submarines early next decade.
Mexico's president says Mexico is safer than the US
Mexico is a safer country than the United States, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued on Monday, weeks after the high-profile kidnapping of four Americans drew global attention to the country's security crisis.
A Saudi-Iran reconciliation may ripple across the region. Here's why
Saudi Arabia and Iran have given each other just two months to prove they are serious about Friday's surprise agreement to normalize ties.
11 dead and 16 missing in Malawi as Cyclone Freddy takes hold
At least 11 people were confirmed dead on Monday after a deadly tropical storm slammed into southern Malawi, leaving many injured and unaccounted for, local authorities told CNN.
The Fed needs to stop raising rates now, former FDIC chair says after Silicon Valley Bank failure
Sheila Bair, a top banking regulator during the 2008 financial crisis, says the stunning implosion of Silicon Valley Bank is exactly why the Federal Reserve needs to halt its war on inflation.
Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88
Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe, a writer who was renowned for a strong pacifist stance that weaved its way into much of his work, has died of "old age", his publisher confirmed Monday.