News - Page 66

(Adnkronos) – Iran has publicly hanged a man after finding him guilty of raping two women in the northern province of Semnan. Tehran’s judiciary stated that the execution took place in the city of Bastam after the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.

(Adnkronos) – At least nine children and one woman were killed in a raid conducted by Pakistani armed forces against the home of a local resident in Afghanistan’s Khost province. This was stated by the spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid,

(Adnkronos) – The Prime Minister of Taiwan, Cho Jung-tai, has stated that for the 23 million citizens of his country, a “return” to China is not an option. His statements follow those of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who told US President Donald

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Tuesday, measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the country’s 10-point seismic intensity scale, in Kumamoto Prefecture. The temblor with an estimated magnitude of 5.7 struck around 6:01 p.m.,

Hiroshima, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–Hiroshima High Court ruled on Tuesday that the July election for Japan’s House of Councillors was held in a state of unconstitutionality, the last in a series of judgments in 16 lawsuits filed by two groups of lawyers

Washington, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not need to “back off” despite heightened tensions between Japan and China following her recent remarks about a potential contingency over Taiwan. In a recent interview with Jiji Press, Kenneth Weinstein, Japan

(Adnkronos) – Grand finale, last night, in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, for ‘Silk Way Star’, the first major Asian vocal competition. The singing competition, which could be called the Asian Eurovision, was won by Mongolian singer Michelle Joseph, as reported by

Fukui, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tatsuji Sugimoto, governor of the central Japan prefecture of Fukui, said Tuesday that he will step down following sexual harassment allegations against him. A Fukui government employee informed the prefectural government that the person had received inappropriate messages

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–“Kokuho” has become Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film, earning box office revenue of 17,377.39 million yen by Monday, according to Toho Co. Directed by Lee Sang-il, the film adaptation of Shuichi Yoshida’s same-name novel has broken the record set

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Monday ordered publisher Kodansha Ltd. and the chief editor of its weekly magazine Friday to pay 2.2 million yen in damages to a comedian over defamatory reporting. The comedian, Sense Watanabe, had sued Kodansha