Clash erupted between the Nepal police and pro-monarchy protestors after which the police had to use water cannons and teargas to disperse supporters of businessman Durga Prasai, Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.
After facing backlash from the opposition, Bihar police again retorted lathi-charge and used water cannons to disperse the Anganwadi protestors on Thursday.
Slamming the Bihar government over use of water cannon to disperse Anganwadi protestors outside Bihar Assembly, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said that this government has destroyed law and order in the state.
On the second day of the Bihar assembly winter session, Bhartiya Janata Party workers staged a protest outside Vidhan Sabha against the Bihar Government over the use of water cannons on Anganvadi workers and the caste-based census report.
Most recently, authorities in the Philippines accused the Chinese of using a water cannon against its vessels carrying supplies for Filipino soldiers based on one of the disputed Spratly Islands. The Philippine Coast Guard said China's actions were "excessive and unlawful". China demanded th
Referring to the recent incident of water cannon being used at Philippines supply boat by Chinese coast guard ship, India on Friday said that issues in the South China Sea need to be resolved peacefully while urging China and the Philippines to adhere to international laws.
Analysts say the incident escalated an already tense situation and could lead the United States and its allies to accelerate plans for joint patrols in the waterway.
According to Al Jazeera, the Philippines accused China's coastguard on Saturday of deploying water cannons to stop its ships from delivering food, water, fuel, and other supplies to its military soldiers stationed at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands.
"The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of dangerous actions by the Coast Guard and maritime militia of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to obstruct an August 5 Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea," Mathew Miller, US
The Philippines on Sunday accused China of "blocking and water cannoning" a chartered supply boat in the South China Sea, which was on route to Ayungin Shoal for a routine troop rotation and resupply mission, The Manila Times reported.