Japan’s Once Influential Yakuza Mobsters Lose Their Grip TOKYO — The building is brown and narrow. The old, worn blinds are closed. This is the Roppongi neighborhood in the heart of Tokyo, just opposite the prestigious Ritz-Carlton. At exactly 10 a.m., three men, all in their forties and wearing stylish grey suits, welcome a passenger in a black sedan. They bow curtly. He is probably a "kobun," one of ...
Panama Papers: 15 Scoops From Top International News Sources MUNICH — What would become far and away the largest leak of information in newspaper history began more than a year ago, when an anonymous source co...
Maternal Mortality: Midwives To The Rescue In Afghanistan JALALABAD — Shah Zaman, 11, spends his days carting people's luggage to earn a few cents. His mother died during his birth and soon after, his f...
BUENOS AIRES — In trend-conscious Argentina, companies are embracing new ways to keep employees happy, and among them is the "open-plan" office. ...
KASSEL — The last time Joachim Gerhard received a message from his elder son's cell phone was a year ago. “Hello Joachim,” the text messa...
PARIS — Should you keep quiet about your age, or wear it with pride? The importance we attach to age is relatively recent. Just a few generations ag...
Amal, a 28-year-old Syrian-Palestinian refugee, who managed to make it safely to Germany with her family, says making it from Damascus to the border w...
RECIFE — Rosely Fontoura is a full-time nurse who spends her weeks working with pregnant women and new mothers. But lately, the 31-year-old has also...
PARIS — Does the Arab world party? The answer is yes. That's also true in France, where the North African community doesn't deprive itself o...
-Analysis- PARIS — Imagine it's the early 1900s, the dawn of the 20th century, with all its promise and hope. Scientists and engineers are lo...
BERLIN — Each generation is wilder than the last, or at least that's the common view. But it's actually not true for today's teenagers, ...
BEIJING — China's copycat culture is so deeply ingrained that along with the mock mobile phones, counterfeit clothing and faux food packaging, t...
PARIS — April Fools' Day is an international celebration of silliness, with roots in ancient Rome, India and the first written reference in The ...
QOM — Abolfazl Arabpour, a tailor from this Iranian holy city, is simply the best in his field. At 86 years old, he has been dressing the cream of t...
The terrorists attacks in Brussels last week provided instant fodder for the U.S. presidential campaign. Republican front-runner Donald Trump had alre...
Gibraltar And Brexit: How EU Referendum Could Rattle The Rock GIBRALTAR — There is a troubling side story jutting into the Brexit debate from this tiny British territory at the southern tip of the Iberian penin...
Vanilla Siesta The secret of the French island of Réunion's vanilla lies in its drying stage: the beans are laid out in the sun and intermittently put to ...
