The hikes are part of immigration policy changes introduced to manage Japan's growing foreign population.

Chaos has surrounded the St Petersburg shows since the stadium said it had not agreed to host the rapper.

The member of K-pop band Winner was given a suspended prison sentence for repeated absences from his national service work.

A movement that started nearly two weeks ago has spread, and in France young people on the streets spells trouble, writes Hugh Schofield.

The convicted killer is in hospital in Tennessee after surviving two lethal injections, in a case that has raised many questions.

Amid global tumult, the two countries' alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.