NATO member Lithuania closed its capital airport late on Saturday and shut both crossings on the border with Belarus after helium weather balloons drifted into the Baltic country's territory for a ...

The European Parliament has decided to award this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to two imprisoned journalists -- Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli of Georgia. The winners ...

VILNIUS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Border crossings between Lithuania and Belarus will remain closed for most travellers until the end of November in response to recent airspace disruptions by smugglers' ...

VILNIUS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - European Union member state Lithuania will close its border with Belarus if smuggler balloons enter from the neighbouring country again, Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said ...

Japan’s financial regulator is considering allowing commercial banks to invest in cryptocurrencies, an official said, in a fresh sign of the country’s growing openness to digital assets. The Financial ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Months before she became Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi said she’d been invited to meet US President Donald Trump. It was November, just after his election victory and several ...

Bank of Japan Board Member Hajime Takata said the time is ripe for raising the bank’s policy interest rate, looking past political instability to reiterate his conviction after he dissented from a ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta ...

The U.S. cannot assume its early lead in stablecoins will last. Dollar-pegged tokens dominate today, but Japan's clear regulations and institutional adoption could mean yen stablecoins dominate ...

Four B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, were dispatched to Japan for the Bomber Task Force mission. They arrived last week. The ongoing government shutdown hasn’t grounded the United States Air ...