Japan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Taij.
The hunt, which sees boats round the animals into a bay to be butchered or captured for aquariums, has drawn fierce criticism from animal-rights groups.
In fact, it was documented in the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove in 2009.
The six-month season reportedly ends in March.
It comes as Japan resumed commercial whaling this year.
Gas pipeline fire near Kuala Lumpur prompts evacuations
A gas pipeline operated by Malaysia state energy firm Petronas caught fire on Tuesday on the outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur, authorities said, with operations ongoing to try to tackle the blaze.
U.N. demands answers for aid workers' deaths in Gaza
Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the sand in the south of the Gaza Strip, U.N. officials said on Monday.
Families in Gaza thank UAE, sending Eid Wishes
Families of patients and the wounded at the UAE field hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza, extended heartfelt Eid Al-Fitr greetings to UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, expressing deep gratitude for the UAE’s ongoing humanitarian support.
Death toll tops 2,000 as search for quake survivors intensifies
Survivors were pulled out of rubble in Myanmar and signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at least 2,000.
Israel proposes hostage deal as fighting continues in Gaza
Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said "intense operations" were planned in the south of the enclave.
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