Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that the world is rapidly heading towards a Third World War, which would make the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki seem like 'child's play'.

A decline in real estate prices in Genoa, Italy, and Nagasaki, Japan, is seen as a precursor to a potential real estate crisis in Slovakia, with experts suggesting the trend is irreversible.

Japanese authorities seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its skipper off Nagasaki, a move likely to escalate tensions between the two countries.