The first batch of Chinese aid for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan arrived in central Philippine city of Cebu, a relief goods distribution center, on Monday evening.
Obama said it is possible that some bulk phone data collected by intelligence agencies could be kept by private companies instead of the US government.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will "achieve nothing by making threats or provocation," the United States said Friday.
A female Taiwanese who was kidnapped in Malaysia last month was freed in the southern Philippine province of Sulu Friday afternoon, local military said Saturday.
The UN has received an official request from New Delhi to accredit a New York-based diplomat who was arrested for visa fraud.
The Republic of Korea began to exhume the remains of Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War (1950-53) on Friday, one day after its defense ministry agreed to return 425 sets of remains.
US President Barack Obama Friday announced his nomination of senator Max Baucus as the new US ambassador to China to replace Gary Locke.
Gunmen on Friday shot dead a town mayor and three other people at the airport in the Philippine capital, Manila, sending travellers fleeing for safety, authorities said.
The ROK decided on Friday to set up the National Security Council standing secretariat amid what it considered rising threats from the DPRK.
The DPRK has threatened to attack the ROK without any advance notice responding to anti-Pyongyang rallies on the second death anniversary of its leader Kim Jong-il earlier this week.
The US government sought to present a united front on Thursday and play down any signs of a rift between the State Department and law enforcement officials over how to handle the politically sensitive case of an Indian diplomat subjected to a strip search over alleged visa fraud.
A UN peacekeeping mission camp in Jonglei, South Sudan was attacked Thursday as the country's instability continues following the clashes within the army.
South Sudanese government troops battled to regain control of a flashpoint town and sent forces to quell fighting in a vital oil producing area on Thursday.
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