A huge crowd of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong has rallied to welcome US legislation that supports human rights and democracy in the territory.
An attack by unidentified gunmen Wednesday killed at least three people in the northern Loroum province in Burkina Faso, said the country's state news agency AIB.
NHK has learned that the Japanese government plans to set up an experts' panel to discuss how to rebuild Okinawa's Shuri Castle, which was destroyed by fire last month.
