Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya has affirmed with his US and Australian counterparts that their countries will strengthen cooperation, and oppose any unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the South China Sea.
The Japanese and Russian foreign ministers on Friday ended their negotiations on a peace treaty and economic cooperation on the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.
The UN Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday that 149 refugees were evacuated from Libya to Italy, in cooperation with Libyan and Italian authorities.
North Korea executed its special envoy to the United States following the collapse of the second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.
A California hospital on Wednesday disclosed the birth of the world's smallest baby ever to survive, weighing a mere 245 grams (8.6 ounces) -- the same as a large apple -- when she was born.
