The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force's (MSDF) destroyer Akizuki sailed through the Taiwan Strait recently in an attempt to counter the growing Chinese influence in the region, local media reported on Saturday.
Three homes and nearly a dozen outbuildings have been destroyed in a major bushfire burning in a national park in Australia's southeastern state of Victoria, local media reported on Saturday.
A cargo ship suspected of containing toxic wastes returned to Albania's Durres Port Monday morning after rejected by Thailand earlier.
The Slovak Parliament dismissed Michal Simecka as Deputy Speaker in a secret ballot on Tuesday, local media reported.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has said that Ottawa has suspended about 30 existing permits for arms sales to Israel, local media reported.
A US Marine in Japan's Okinawa was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of sexually assaulting and injuring a woman in June, the third case of its type to surface on the island this year, local media reported.
At least three people have been killed and several others injured in a knife attack in Germany's Solingen city, local media reported.
Three US military helicopters made emergency landing on Sunday by the side of a river in Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, local media reported.
Four people were killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech Republic late Wednesday evening, local media reported, citing rescuers.
More than 8,000 foreign tourists visited Afghanistan over the past two years, local media TOLOnews reported Saturday, citing a government official.
