North Korea's Kim Jong-un spent more than 20 hours on an armoured locomotive to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin on his first trip abroad in more than four years. The high-profile summit between two of the world's most isolated leaders was held at a remote Siberian space centre. Washington has been closely watching cooperation between North Korea and Russia for over a year now. Yuka Royer takes a look at the event.

India has spent hundreds of millions of euros on hosting the G20 summit, as it seeks to asset itself on the global stage. But the event has also stirred controversy even before it started, from the beautification of the capital New Delhi to the notable absence of China's President Xi Jinping. We speak to Mohan Kumar, a former Indian ambassador to France, about the significance of the event.

Since the start of the new school year in April, secondary school children in India have been learning things differently. The government has extensively revised textbooks. This reform has stirred controversy, with a number of historians and scientists accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of trying to rewrite history and removing material that does not suit its Hindu nationalist vision. Our correspondents report.

Thailand's parliament has rejected a bid by reformist candidate Pita Limjaroenrat to become the next prime minister, in spite of his coalition's victory in the May elections. Pita is a fresh face in Thai politics who's promising a return to full democracy after almost a decade of military rule. Another vote is set for next week and he's vowing to fight on. We take a closer look.

Over 12 years ago, the strongest earthquake in Japan's recorded history caused a massive tsunami that led to a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. We take a look at what's to become of the water used to cool the plant's reactors. With the Fukushima facility rapidly running out of storage space, the UN nuclear watchdog and Japanese regulators gave separate approval to a plan to dump over a million tonnes of treated wastewater into the Pacific. Both said the environmental impact would be negligible, but that has not allayed the fears of local people.

Nepal has one of the world's highest rates of cataracts and subsequent blindness, with devastating consequences for the country's poor subsistence farmers. But one surgeon has been working to change that, running treatment camps for years in remote parts of the country. Now, with fresh funding from an ex-convict-turned-tech multimillionaire, he's able to perform the life-changing surgery on ever more people and has ambitious plans. We take a closer look.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was once denied a visa to enter the US on human rights grounds, effectively banning him from the country for a decade. But this week, the red carpet was rolled out for India's most powerful leader in decades. With the US in open conflict with Russia and having poor relations with China, India – which recently become the world's most populous country – appears increasingly attractive. FRANCE 24's Leela Jacinto gives us her analysis of Modi's visit.

Lawmakers in Japan have passed major reforms in the country's sex crime legislation. The new laws define non-consensual sex as rape, removing the requirement that the victim had to be forcibly coerced into the act for it to constitute a crime. The legislation also raises the age of consent for the first time in over a century, from 13 to 16. We take a closer look.

Parts of Asia have been hit by severe heat in recent weeks. An international coalition of scientists said it was a "once-in-200-years" event that would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change. Record-shattering temperatures of up to 45°C have been seen in multiple countries including Bangladesh, Vietnam, Singapore and China. In this special edition, we take a look at how governments, and people, are trying to adapt.

In South Korea, a new kind of #MeToo movement is taking hold on social media; that of people who suffered abuse at school. A growing number of victims have been publicly naming and shaming their former bullies. Inspired in part by a popular Netflix series, it has ensnared everyone from K-pop stars to baseball players.