Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is concerned that the fighting in the Middle East could distract his allies from the conflict in his country. On Wednesday, he surprised them with a visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels.
The operator of Tokyo's Yamanote loop line has decided to allow limited outside staff to view real-time footage from security cameras installed in the trains in case of emergency.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to his country for the first time since the Russian invasion. They met in Bucharest on Tuesday to discuss shared security.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months. He called the strike on a village in the Kharkiv region a "brutal Russian crime." At least 50 people died.
Candidates in favor of advancing a survey to select a nuclear waste disposal site have won a majority in a town assembly election in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been removed from his post. It is the first time in history that members of the House of Representatives voted to oust their leader.
The head of a UN agency that provides support to Palestinian refugees has called on the international community to squarely face the decades-old issue.
Japanese fishers have been unable to start this season's operations to catch Okhotsk Atka mackerel in waters around Kunashiri Island. This follows Russia's decision not to engage in bilateral talks on the safety of Japanese fishing boats.
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