Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint?
India wants to renegotiate the 64-year-old pact that has withstood four wars, and under which the neighbours split water from six Himalayan rivers.
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Heavy rain pounds northcentral Japan leaving 1 person dead and several others missing
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto on Saturday which triggered landslides and floods and left one person dead and several missing, officials said.
China Says It Will ‘Gradually’ Resume Imports of Japanese Seafood
China said on Friday that it would gradually resume imports of seafood from Japan, a year after banning them in response to Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean.
Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and China announced Friday that they have reached a deal resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean and Beijing’s subsequent ban on Japanese seafood.
Python grabs Thai woman in her kitchen, squeezes her two hours before she can be freed
A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.
Chinese aircraft carrier comes closer than ever to Japan
TOKYO (AP) — A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan’s contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions around Japan, officials said.
China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said.