▽Kyrgyzstan reports 13 deaths in territorial clashes with Tajikistan | Euronews Kyrgyzstan has reported a death toll of 13 on its side after border clashes with Tajikistan.The two central Asian countries have traded fire in a dispute over …

▽Boris Johnson's personal mobile phone number available online for 15 years - BBC News Boris Johnson's personal mobile phone number has been freely available on the internet for the past 15 years, it has been revealed.It was published in a…

▽Chinese spokesman Zhao Lijian doubles down on Fukushima nuclear tweet | South China Morning Post A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman has rejected calls for him to remove a cartoon on his Twitter account taking aim at Japan’s decision to …

▽Widow accused of using drugs to murder ‘Don Juan of Kishu’ : The Asahi Shimbun Wakayama prefectural police on April 28 arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of murdering her much older wealthy husband who had described himself as the …

▽Tokyo Olympic organizing body seeking to secure 500 nurses The organizing body of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said Monday it is trying to secure 500 nurses to provide medical care during this summer's global sporting event... The r…

▽Japan's LDP loses parliamentary elections | NHK WORLD Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to win any of the three seats up for grabs in parliamentary elections on Sunday, the first national elections since Prime Minister S…

▽Israel says Syrian missile was not aimed at nuclear reactor The Israeli military said Thursday that a Syrian missile that reached deep into Israeli territory and set off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor was th…

▽Indonesia navy declares lost sub with 53 aboard sunk - The Mainichi Indonesia's navy on Saturday declared its missing submarine had sunk and cracked open after finding items from the vessel over the past two days, apparently ending hope o…

▽Rallies across Russia demand Navalny's release | NHK WORLD Large-scale protests were held across Russia on Wednesday, demanding the release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, despite President Vladimir Putin's rejection of such …

▽Biden Will Seek Tax Increase on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education - The New York Times President Biden will seek new taxes on the rich, including a near doubling of the capital gains tax for people earning more than $1 million a year,…

▽Tokyo, Osaka and Hyogo set for third coronavirus state of emergency | The Japan Times Japan is bracing itself for a state of emergency once again after Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura on Tuesday submitted a formal request for the order and …

▽Chad President Idriss Deby dies visiting front-line troops: Army | Al Jazeera Chad’s longtime President Idriss Deby has died of wounds suffered on the front line in the country’s north, where he had gone to visit soldiers battling rebels,…

▽Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar | Reuters Myanmar authorities detained a Japanese journalist in Yangon on Sunday evening, Japan's government said on Monday, adding that it was trying to seek his release.BBC Burmese quoted a witnes…

▽Hong Kong police arrest three after victim loses HK$69 million in huge phone scam | South China Morning Post A 65-year-old retiree suffered the biggest phone scam loss in Hong Kong history when swindlers impersonating mainland Chinese off…

▽Opponents of Myanmar coup form unity government, aim for 'federal democracy' | Reuters Opponents of Myanmar's junta announced a National Unity Government on Friday including ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests a…

▽China GDP grows record 18.3% in Q1 as exports drive industry - Nikkei Asia Soaring exports helped China's gross domestic product grow a record 18.3% in the first quarter of 2021, rebounding from the 6.8% contraction in the same period las…

▽IAEA to oversee release of contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear plant | The Japan Times The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will play a central and "permanent" role in monitoring Japan's discharge of waste water, which has …

▽TEPCO banned from restarting nuclear plant over safety flaws - The Mainichi Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday effectively banned Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. from restarting its largest nuclear plant due to serious safe…

▽Brazil Covid-19: Deaths outpace births in some Brazilian cities, as the coronavirus resurges - CNN Brazil's second most populous city, Rio de Janeiro registered 36,437 deaths in March -- 16% more than the month's 32,060 new births, accord…

▽Montenegro calls for EU help over $1bn Chinese highway loan | Financial Times Montenegro has asked the EU for assistance with paying off a $1bn Chinese loan for an incomplete highway project that has imperilled the finances of the small w…

▽Iran says electrical problem in atomic facility is act of ‘nuclear terrorism’ Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility as an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising regional tensions.Ali Akbar Salehi, the …

▽Japan's Digital Reform Bills Clear Lower House - JIJI PRESS The House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a set of Japanese government bills regarding digital reform, a key policy priority for the administration of Prime Minister Yoshihi…

▽Myanmar’s envoy to UK ‘locked out of London embassy’ | Al Jazeera Myanmar’s ambassador to United Kingdom has accused a military-linked figure of occupying the embassy and barring him from entering the building, in an extraordinary diploma…

▽Opposition wins by landslide in Seoul, Busan mayoral elections - The Mainichi South Korea's main opposition People Power Party won by a landslide in Wednesday's mayoral elections in the country's two largest cities, Seoul and Busan, sendi…

▽Osaka declares local medical emergency as coronavirus cases hit record 878 | The Japan Times Osaka Prefecture declared a medical state of emergency Wednesday as its medical system strained to handle a rapid rise in coronavirus cases, incl…

▽Japan extends its own North Korean sanctions another 2 years Japan extended its own sanctions against North Korea for another two years as Pyongyang continues to develop its nuclear weapons without any progress in resolving the abductions…

▽Quasi-emergency COVID-19 measures begin in Osaka, Hyogo, Miyagi Quasi-emergency measures against COVID-19 officially commenced Monday in Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures as part of efforts to stem a sharp resurgence in infections in th…

▽Truck owner behind deadly Taiwan railway crash apologizes The owner of a construction truck that caused Taiwan’s worst rail accident in decades, killing 48 people, apologized in tears while being led away from his home by police on Sunday…

▽Ghislaine Maxwell faces new charges, including sex trafficking of a minor | The Guardian Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite accused of aiding in her former partner Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minor girls, faces two more charge…

▽Train crash kills 50 in Taiwan's deadliest rail tragedy in decades | Reuters A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday after hitting a truck that had slid down a bank onto the track, killing at least 50 …