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S Korea PM meets Japanese counterpart
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se visits Japanese counterpart on his first official visit to Japan.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se visits Japanese counterpart on his first official visit to Japan.

Iran's Navy chief says pirates and maritime terrorists are horrified by the power of Iranian naval forces.

A US Navy warship is expected to arrive in the Black Sea to support the so-called Operation Atlantic Resolve.

Saudi Arabia has targeted areas across Yemen with airstrikes.

A gun control group in the US has lashed out at Congress for not taking action against liberal gun laws.

Greece unveils a new proposal to reach a deal with its creditors over a bailout program.

At least 10 Somali troops are killed in a road accident in the semi-autonomous Puntland region.

A social activist says Obama’s trade agenda is unfair to small businesses and communities.

At least five people are killed in separate bomb attacks outside the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Russia announces the installation of new radar detectors on the Arctic Ocean islands and plans to deploy warplanes there.

The British defense chief says his country will commit 1,000 troops to the NATO rapid response force for another three years.

Syria's interior minister arrives in Tehran to discuss ways of fighting terrorism.

A new study shows Qatar can maintain its gas production at current rates for another 138 years.

A court in Kuwait sentences an opposition rights activist to three years in prison for insulting the country’s Emir.

A senior British lawmaker admits his country’s participation in the US-led war on Iraq in 2003 was a mistake.

Iran says there has recently been a surge in visits by EU oil firms to the country.

Two Ukrainian soldiers are killed and six others injured in fighting with pro-Russia forces in the eastern region of Donbass.

The man accused of killing nine black people in Charleston, South Carolina, tried to kill himself.