Japan will begin releasing Fukushima water into the ocean on August 24. |
TOKYO—Japan said on Tuesday that it will begin releasing more than 1 million metric tons of cleaned radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea on August 24, following a plan severely opposed by China.Read More |
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the Moon, thereby ending its attempt to reach the Moon's South Pole. |
MOSCOW—Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit, according to the country's space agency Roscosmos on Sunday.Read More |
Pakistan Arrests 129 Muslims Following Mob Attacks on Minority Christian Churches and Homes |
JARANWALA, Pakistan—According to police, 129 Muslims were detained after a crowd enraged by an alleged Quran sacrilege stormed a dozen churches and almost two dozen homes of minority Christians. Two Christian males were also detained on suspicion of defacing the Quran.Read More |
Russia Defends Against Drone Attacks, Claims Warplane Damaged at Airfield |
MOSCOW—On Saturday, Russia's Defense Ministry reported a flurry of Ukrainian drone assaults on Moscow, Novgorod to the northwest of the Russian capital, and Belgorod, which borders Ukraine.Read More |
China's military maneuvers near Taiwan escalate following the Vice President's visit to the United States. |
On August 19, 42 Chinese airplanes and eight navy boats were detected in the vicinity of Taiwan, only one day after Taiwanese Vice President William Lai Ching-te returned from a critical trip to the United States.Read More |
Analysts believe that the Biden Trilateral Summit will help to deter a potential CCP invasion of Taiwan. |
President Joe Biden is hosting a trilateral conference at Camp David with Japan and South Korea to develop new security plans in response to Beijing's escalating military coercion.Read More |
The United States has approved the deployment of F-16s from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine. |
WASHINGTON—A US official said Thursday that the US has approved deploying F-16 fighter planes from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine to protect against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is finished.Read More |
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shakes Colombia's capital, killing one. |
BOGOTA—A significant earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 shook Colombia's capital Bogota on Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey. Geological Survey, causing terrified homeowners to rush into the street and killing one woman.Read More |
Ukraine Makes Progress on the Southeastern Front, while Fighting Continues in the East |
KYIV—The Ukrainian military claimed successes against Russian soldiers on the southeastern front on Thursday, pressing forward from a freshly freed settlement in an attempt to march towards the Sea of Azov.Read More |
China Seems to Be Constructing an Airstrip on a Disputed South China Sea Island |
BEIJING—According to satellite images examined by The Associated Press, China seems to be building an airfield on a disputed South China Sea Island also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.Read More |