Police on Saturday arrested a 35-year-old Filipino man on suspicion of killing a female university student in eastern Japan in 2004. Two other Filipinos, minors at the time of the incident, are likely to be placed on the international wanted list.

Spanish police are hunting for a main suspect from Morocco after a van attack in Barcelona that killed 14 people and injured more than 120 others on Thursday. They say he may have crossed the border into France.

About 1,500 soccer fans watching the Champions League final on a large screen in the Italian city of Turin were injured on Saturday night after a firecracker, which was mistaken for gunshots or an explosion, provoked a stampede.

A man who fled a station office was found dead beside a building in Tokyo on Friday. He had been detained for groping a female passenger while sitting next to her on a train.

A 62-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of investment fraud after being extradited from Thailand. An acquaintance says she is known for her flashy outfit and is skilled at manipulating men.

Police searched a high school in eastern Japan on Friday over the deaths of eight people in an avalanche during mountaineering training for possible charges of professional negligence.

Malaysian police are investigating the assassination of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Two women attacked him with poison at an airport on Monday.

A huge fire that started at a ramen shop was fanned by high winds, spreading to at least 140 buildings on Thursday in a small city on the Japan Sea coast.

A longtime friend of the South Korean President was detained late on Monday over allegations that she had manipulated state affairs from behind the scenes.