TOKYO—A strong earthquake shook Tokyo and other areas of eastern Japan on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The magnitude 6.1 quake was centered off the east coast of Chiba Peninsula at a depth of 44.5 kilometers (28 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. Strong shaking was reported in Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures,…

DAKAR, Senegal—At least 32 civilians have been killed by rebel groups in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, said a spokesman for the United Nations. Twenty people were killed by the militia group CODECO and a dozen were killed by the Allied Democratic Forces, which is allied to the ISIS terrorist group, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said…

Along the eastern coast of Africa, the Swahili people have long intrigued scientists. It is believed that between the 10th and 15th centuries, the Swahili erected dozens of stone-built opulent cities in this area. …

KYIV—Ukrainians will fight “for as long as we can” to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Friday, as he hosted European Union leaders to discuss further sanctions on Russia and Kyiv’s prospects for joining the EU. Meanwhile, the United States said it would send more than $2.175 billion worth of…

In an Eastern European village, a lonely boy is left to his own devices by migrant parents. He plays in an abandoned shed on the river bank where he toils away at a mysterious project—a powerful “flying machine.” * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature…

ATHENS, Greece—Two earthquakes with magnitude 5.3 and 4.7 rocked the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos on Wednesday but no injuries to people or damage to structures were reported, Greek authorities said. The larger quake struck at 1:10 p.m., about 14 minutes after the first, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said. Both had their epicenters in…

JAKARTA, Indonesia—An undersea earthquake shook part of eastern Indonesia on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.7-magnitude quake struck about 158 kilometers (98 miles) off Laikit village in North Sulawesi province. It said the quake was centered about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) beneath…

LVIV, Ukraine—Russian troops control about 80 percent of the fiercely contested eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and have destroyed all three bridges leading out of it but Ukrainians were still trying to evacuate the wounded, a regional official said Tuesday. Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, acknowledged that a mass evacuation of civilians from…

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—A bus carrying worshippers traveling to an Easter pilgrimage in mountainous eastern Zimbabwe plunged into a gorge, killing 35 people in the early hours of Friday. The bus was overloaded with 106 passengers and veered off the winding road near Chimanimani and hurtled into a deep ravine, police said. The crash happened near the…

BUDAPEST—A surge in price growth in eastern Europe has opened a rift between central banks that have launched rate hikes to battle inflation and populist governments trying to defend a strong economic recovery. The standoff is most apparent in Hungary and the Czech Republic, where national elections have complicated the task of central banks, which…