China has reacted with fury and defiance to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act this week. The bill condemns the mass detention of ethnic minorities in China.
Four men accused of raping and murdering a woman in India were shot dead by police as they were being questioned about the crime. Human rights activists are calling it an extrajudicial execution.
The woman says one of the men who attacked her on Thursday is the same man who raped her last year. It's another horrifying incident in a country grappling with high levels of sexual violence.
The island of Taiwan faces a delicate balance: how to cut off disinformation, that many suspect is emanating from the Chinese mainland, without cutting off free speech.
Since 1952, the cherry blossom party has given Japan's well-connected a chance to rub elbows with national leaders. This year's gala has blossomed into a political scandal for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The bill, which passed on Tuesday night in a 407-1 vote, condemns Beijing's treatment of the Muslim minority in Western China. It comes days after a measure supporting Hong Kong protesters.
Tetsu Nakamura, a native of Fukuoka, spent years working to improve living conditions in rural areas of Afghanistan. He was gunned down Wednesday along with five associates.
Critics of the Hong Kong protests, including other Hong Kong residents, say protesters are destroying the city. Protesters say they're destroying Hong Kong to save it.
Pyongyang did not elaborate on the statement, but in 2017, state media referred to North Korea's first test launch of an ICBM as part of a "package of gifts" for the U.S.