Japan has come under the scanner after a woman who disembarked the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship has tested positive for COVID-19.
The woman in her 60s had initially tested negative for the virus.
Japanese health minister later issued an apology for the "oversight" and assured the public that "all necessary measures" will be taken in the future.
Speaking to the media on Saturday, Katsunobu Kato said efforts were on to trace 23 people who had disembarked last week as they had not undergone a test since February 5.
The Diamond Princess cruise ship, carrying some 3,700 passengers and crew, has been quarantined in Yokohama since February 3.
There are more than 600 cases on board, making it the biggest concentration of infections outside China.
Israel's military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering.
Russia said on Monday it would practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what Moscow said were threats from France, Britain, and the United States.
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 83 people, authorities said on Monday, up from 78 reported a day earlier.
Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses taking people to work killed six people and injured another 35 in the Belgorod region of Russia, the governor said on Monday.
US and Philippine armed forces fired missiles and artillery to thwart a simulated invasion in the Philippines' northern waters facing Taiwan on Monday, in a show of military force and strengthening ties as regional tensions rise.