June 27, 2017 North Korea: Trump's 'America first' policy akin to 'Nazism' North Korea’s state media on Tuesday published a report describing President Trump’s “America First” initiative akin to “Nazism in the 21st century.”
June 24, 2017 Philippine troops declare 8-hour cease-fire in besieged city The Philippine military has declared an eight-hour halt to its air and ground offensive against Islamic militants aligned with the Islamic State group in southern Marawi city to allow residents, most of them displaced, to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
June 23, 2017 North Korea denies torturing American detainee Otto Warmbier North Korea on Friday has denied it cruelly treated or tortured an American student who was detained for more than year and died days after being released in a coma.
June 23, 2017 New Zealand newspaper names all drunk drivers on front page A newspaper in a busy New Zealand resort town has decided to take a stand against drunken driving by filling its front page with the names, ages and alcohol readings for about 100 people convicted of the offense this year.
June 20, 2017 Philippine troops evict Muslim rebel raiders from village Muslim rebels withdrew from a southern Philippine village Wednesday after security forces moved rapidly to prevent another crisis amid a monthlong militant siege in nearby Marawi city, officials said.
June 20, 2017 USS Fitzgerald: US Coast Guard to interview crew of container ship in collision The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday will begin interviewing the Philippines-flagged container ship’s crew that collided last week with a U.S. destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald.
June 18, 2017 US Navy calls off search for 7 missing sailors; several bodies found inside the destroyer The search for seven missing U.S. Navy sailors was called off Sunday after several bodies were recovered from the flooded compartments of the destroyer.
June 15, 2017 Japan approves contentious bill against planning crimes Japan's ruling coalition pushed a contentious bill through parliament Thursday that makes it a crime to plan a crime.
June 15, 2017 North Korea says it freed Warmbier over humanitarian reasons North Korea said on Thursday that it released an American university student over what it calls humanitarian reasons in its first official comment since he was returned to his home state of Ohio in a coma.
June 10, 2017 Report: US special forces assist in ending siege in the Philippines U.S. special forces are assisting the Philippines armed forces to end the ongoing siege of a town by ISIS-linked militants, Reuters reported Saturday, citing a U.S. embassy spokesperson in Manila.