The UN Security Council is expected this month to hold its first open meeting on North Korea's human rights situation since 2017.

Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have left at least 36 people dead and forced more than 2,100 to evacuate.

A severe tropical storm is expected to approach Japan's Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean later this week and the country's main island of Honshu next week.

Wednesday marks 78 years since an atomic bomb was detonated over Nagasaki in World War Two, killing tens of thousands of people.

Reuters news agency has reported that Russia has doubled its estimate for 2023 defense spending, as the war in Ukraine drags on.

Ukraine's presidential office has called an international conference on the country's peace proposal "very productive." The two-day talks ended Sunday.

Japanese airline companies say domestic flight bookings during the upcoming Bon summer holiday period have recovered to about 90 percent of the pre-pandemic levels.

A senior White House official says the purpose of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's visit to North Korea last month was to prod Pyongyang to sell arms to Moscow.

The 71st Oza Tournament challenger-deciding game began on April 4 at the Kansai Shogi Kaikan in Fukushima-ku, Osaka City, where Sota Fujii 7-kan (21), a Shogi player (Kisei, Ryuoh, Meijin, Oza, Eio, Kio, Osho) will play against Masayuki Toyoshima 9-dan (33).

Japanese police are to consider introducing tougher penalties for cyclists who recklessly violate traffic rules.

New York City officials have asked state and federal governments to support its shelter system, which is overwhelmed by an influx of migrants, many from Latin American countries.

The United States and some European countries have started evacuating their nationals from Niger amid mounting unrest in the West African state.