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The visit by Chinese Minister of National Defense Chang Wanquan will help improve the Sino-US military ties, the Pentagon said Friday.
A Philippine ferry sank after colliding with a container ship owned by a company involved in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster, killing at least 24 people and leaving more than 200 missing, the coast guard said on Saturday.
Divers have found the bodies of four sailors who were on board an Indian naval submarine that was badly damaged by a fire after an explosion, but it was unlikely any of the 14 other crew members would be found alive, the navy said on Friday.
The head of a Japanese constitutional watchdog suggested on Friday that it would not block a bid by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to ease constraints on the country's military.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday principally approved the proposed alignment of Pak-China Trade Corridor, with the directions to further evaluate the proposal in terms of time and cost efficiency, officials said.
The Indian Navy Friday said that the recovery of three dead bodies out of 18 sailors trapped inside the burning INS Sindhuraksak submarine, clearly indicated no chances of survival for anyone inside the Russia-made vessel.
A Chinese woman was arrested at Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday carrying over 30,000 dollars worth of gem stones, officials said.
Local police and fire department continue Friday to investigate explosions occurred the previous night at a fireworks festival site in Fukuchiyama City in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, which left 59 people injured, local officials said.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck south of New Zealand's capital on Friday.
Dawn broke, shortly after 5 am, over a political heart of darkness. The sun's rays cast an unflattering light on the shadow world of Japanese militarism in its pomp and glory at the Yasukuni Shrine.
There is one place in Japan where the emperor dare not go. It is a supreme irony, because it is the place where he would be most welcomed.
China and South Korea on Thursday strongly condemned the visits of Japanese cabinet members, lawmakers and other politicians to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
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