Seiji Sasa hits the train station in this northern Japanese city before dawn most mornings to prowl for homeless men.
He isn't a social worker. He's a recruiter. The men in Sendai Station are potential laborers that Sasa can dispatch...
Al Jazeera said Egyptian security forces arrested three of its journalists after the interior ministry accused the Qatar-based television channel of broadcasting illegally from a hotel suite together with a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo...
Unidentified attackers opened fire on the German ambassador's residence in Athens with an assault rifle on Monday, but no one was hurt in the early morning attack, police said.
At least four shots hit the metal gate of the high-security...
Carmakers BMW (BMWG.DE) and Toyota (7203.T) have agreed to develop a joint platform for sportscars, BMW's development chief Herbert Diess told a German newspaper.
"We have agreed on a joint architecture for a sports car. What is important is that...
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI) shares were volatile on Monday after an unprecedented clash between its top executives and main investor delayed a vital cash call at Italy's third-biggest bank.
The postponement makes the fundraising riskier and brings...
The securities regulator has asked life insurers to disclose the potential cost of forcibly winding down in-house insurance units known as 'captives,' whose business model has come under regulatory radar, the Wall Street Journal reported.
State insurance regulators, which approve...
Japanese shares ended a stellar year with a flourish on Monday, rising to a six-year peak as the yen skidded to fresh lows for a third straight session, again leaving behind other Asian markets.
Tokyo's Nikkei .N225 advanced 0.7 percent...
A female suicide bomber detonated explosives in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, investigators said, killing at least 16 people in the second deadly attack within three days as the country prepares to host the...
South Sudan's army fought on Sunday with the "White Army" ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilizing the force despite its offer of a truce to end the conflict in the new country.
Two weeks of fighting have left at least...
A bomb exploded outside an Egyptian army building north of Cairo on Sunday, wounding four soldiers, the army said, in the second bomb attack on security forces in the Nile Delta in less than a week.
The bomb partly destroyed...
Describing the allegations as entirely false, Adedeji said they were the handiwork of individuals determined to discredit him and weaken public confidence in the Tinubu administration.
