The spectacle of drums beating, boats racing and water splashing before an excited audience is no longer a novelty at Putrajaya's Marina Water Sports Center.
A military aircraft carrying 78 people crashed in Algeria's mountainous northeast on Tuesday, leaving just one survivor in one of the country's deadliest air disasters, the defense ministry said.
The Chinese embassy in the Philippines continued negotiations with the Philippines' Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday over 32 Chinese detained for overstaying and work without documentation in the Southeast Asian country.
A fisherman from El Salvador who says he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived home on Tuesday night and was barely able to speak, sobbing as dozens of curiosity-seekers craned for a glimpse of the famous castaway.
British Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Tuesday domestic floods were likely going to get worse before they got better, pledging money was now no object to battling back the rising waters.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said on Wednesday that Japanese leader Shinzo Abe "has no choice but to honor the Murayama Statement" and urged him to be honest about Japan's wartime aggression.
China urged Japan on Wednesday to apologize and compensate Chinese fishermen for the 2010 boat-ramming incident off China's Diaoyu Islands.
US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy has made her first visit to the southernmost island of Okinawa, hoping to find support for a contentious plan to relocate a US military base.
Seoul and Pyongyang held their first high-level talks in seven years on their armed border on Wednesday, further sending positive signals on the possibility of improved ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula, analysts said.
US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande celebrated the long-standing ties between their nations on Monday by touring the sweeping Virginia estate owned by Thomas Jefferson, the former US president and famed Francophile.
A slab of dry-aged rib-eye steak, American caviar and salad representing US first lady Michelle Obama's garden were expected on the four-course menu for an elegant state dinner at the White House on Tuesday.
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