Gabrielle Reyes

Japan on Tuesday approved plans to release 1.25 million tons of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Police in the western Indian state of Maharashtra registered a case, local reports noted on Monday, against the owner of a mattress factory in the city of Jalgaon after the facility was found stuffing mattresses with used sanitary masks.

Russia’s recent military buildup in Crimea may worsen a pre-existing water shortage in the region, Ukrainian government minister Ihor Yaremenko said Sunday.

Keiko Fujimori, a conservative opposition leader in Peru, will challenge the “radical leftist” Pedro Castillo for the Peruvian presidency in a runoff election in June after Peru’s latest presidential election on Sunday failed to produce a 51 percent majority for any presidential candidate.

Egypt is refusing to release the container ship Ever Given, which blocked billions of dollars in trade from passing through the Suez Canal from March 23-29, until the ship’s owners and insurers compensate the Egyptian government for losses incurred from the incident.

China recently completed deep-sea drilling to obtain sediment core in an undisclosed location in the South China Sea.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee ordered all members of its Olympic delegation to undergo 30 hours of “anti-racism” training before departing for the Tokyo Games this summer.

Sri Lankan police arrested the reigning “Mrs. World” on assault charges Thursday after she forcibly removed the crown from the head of the new “Mrs. Sri Lanka” this week.

Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao on Thursday urged China to halt its “creeping occupation” of the Philippines’ Juan Felipe Reef in the South China Sea and recall a fleet of Chinese fishing vessels moored near the structure since early March.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte scored a 65 percent approval rating, a near 30-point drop from his all-time high in September 2020, for his performance in office over the past four months in an independent poll released this week.

Beijing urged Ankara on Wednesday to “stay vigilant” against Turkish “nationalist and anti-communist” factions critical of China’s genocide of Turkic Uyghur minorities in the western Chinese territory of Xinjiang.

South Korea’s ruling, left-wing Democratic Party (DP) suffered a “crushing” defeat on Wednesday in two mayoral by-elections viewed by political observers as a bellwether for the country’s presidential election next year.

India is vaccinating more people daily against the Chinese coronavirus than any other nation, the country’s health ministry said on Thursday.

It is illegal to drive in Delhi, India, without a mask during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic even if the driver is alone in his or her personal vehicle, the Delhi High Court ruled Wednesday.

A report published Tuesday alleges that Ethiopian federal troops and allied Eritrean army soldiers have committed “starvation crimes” as a military tactic in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region over the past several months.

New Delhi agreed on Tuesday to produce “additional” Russian military equipment in India during a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi.

Chinese television shows have recently begun blurring the logos of Western retail brands when they happen to appear on TV stars’ clothing items, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

Heavily armed militants attacked a prison facility in Nigeria’s southeastern city of Owerri on Monday, allowing nearly 2,000 inmates to escape.

Bar owners in Hong Kong staged a symbolic hunger strike on Monday to protest the city government’s ongoing coronavirus restrictions, which have forced bars to remain closed while allowing other businesses, such as restaurants, to reopen.

A Philippine man died on Saturday after allegedly being forced to perform 300 squats by local village guards in the province of Cavite for leaving his house past curfew during a coronavirus lockdown.

Only people “immunized” against coronavirus will be allowed to perform the Islamic Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo attended a celebrity wedding in Jakarta on Saturday along with hundreds of other people, despite a government crackdown on large gatherings during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic over the past year.

An indigenous community and local municipal council in Quebec, Canada, have recognized the Magpie River as a “legal person,” Al Jazeera reported Saturday.

Egypt staged an elaborate procession on Saturday to celebrate the transport of 22 of its ancient royal mummies from a historic museum in central Cairo to a newly built facility in the national capital.

Hundreds of Maoist militants killed at least 23 Indian security personnel in an ambush on Saturday in Chattisgarh.

More than 50,000 people have been affected by recent Islamic terror attacks in northeastern Mozambique and need food assistance, the World Food Program (WFP) said Thursday.

China is constructing new villages along its Himalayan border with India in an effort to move the unmarked boundary into Chinese territory, experts warned on Friday, replicating Beijing’s encroachment strategy in the South China Sea.

The Philippine military has discovered new structures “illegally” built by China on some of its reefs in the South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on April 1.

Boxer-turned-Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao condemned a rise in violent attacks against Asian-Americans on Thursday.

Chinese authorities have locked down the Myanmar border city of Ruili to contain a surging number of new coronavirus cases.