The Japanese government says it may step up export controls on South Korea by removing the country from a list of nations entitled to simplified export procedures.
The US Senate has confirmed Army Secretary Mark Esper as defense secretary, ending the longest period the Pentagon has gone without a confirmed leader.
Seven people have been killed and six others are missing as two landslides hit southwest China's Guizhou Province Tuesday, local authorities said Wednesday.
Britain said Monday it was "not yet in a position" to decide what involvement China's Huawei should have in the UK's 5G next-generation telecoms network.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena extended the state of emergency on Monday, by another month considering the security situation in the country.
Multidrug-resistant forms of malaria-causing parasites are spreading across southeast Asia leading to "alarmingly high" treatment failure rates of widely used frontline medication, researchers warned Tuesday.
