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Death toll rises to 65 and quake cuts off China-Nepal highway
There are now 65 confirmed deaths following the latest earthquake in Nepal, along with two thousand injuries.
Five aftershocks with magnitudes between four and six have been recorded also.
Landslides triggered by the earthquake on Sunday have blocked roads and are hindering the distribution of relief supplies.
Chinese armed police are working now to reopen a section of a China-Nepal highway that was cut off by a slide.
More than eight thousand people died and 17-thousand others were injured in the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal last month.
Nepal intensifies search operation for missing U.S. chopper
Nepal has intensified the search for a US military helicopter carrying 6 Marines and 2 Nepalese soldiers.
The helicopter disappeared Tuesday while delivering aide to an area north of Kathmandu.
US officials are suggesting its possible the helicopter may have run out of fuel.
So far, there have been no indications that the aircraft crashed.
India expects tangible cooperation with China: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with the Chinese media in Delhi ahead of his visit to China this week.
Modi says he wants to focus on how India and China can work together for the betterment of the global society.
An estimated 10-billion US dollars worth of economic agreements are due to be signed as part of Modi's time in China.
Modi is set to arrive in China on Thursday.
He's due to make a stop in Xi'an before heading to Beijing and Shanghai.
Li's Latin America visit eyes deepening all-round cooperation
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is set to visit Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Chile from May 17 to 26.
The upcoming visit has important meaning regarding future cooperation between China and Latin America.
During his visit, Premier Li is expected to discuss deepening cooperation in areas including industry and technology, infrastructure development, financial support and more.
China is committed to diversifying trade with Latin American countries, importing more value-added products.
China's trade with the four countries accounted for more than half of the total trade volume between China and Latin America last year.
China "seriously concerned" about U.S. military move in South China Sea
China has voiced serious concern toward a plan from the United States to send military aircraft and ships to the South China Sea.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying has urged the US side to clarify its remarks.
A US official said on Tuesday that the Pentagon is considering sending U.S. military aircraft and ships to "assert freedom of navigation" around Chinese-made artificial islands in the South China Sea.
Hua emphasized that freedom of navigation does not give one country's military aircraft and ships free access to another country's territorial waters and airspace.
Hua says China has always advocated freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, adding that the country will resolutely safeguard its territorial sovereignty.
China announces holiday for V-Day celebration
China has announced a national holiday for this year's celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in World War II.
The move aims to allow all people nationwide to participate in activities commemorating China's victory in the war against Japanese aggression and the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3.
China is planning a military parade to mark the event on the day.
It would be the first time for the country to hold a special parade to commemorate the WWII victory.
44 killed in bus attack in Pakistan's Karachi
At least 44 people have died and a dozen others hurt when a group of gunmen opened fire at a passenger bus in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
Police said that the attack happened when attackers sprayed bullets at the bus and fled the scene.
The bus was carrying about 65 people.
Police cordoned off the area around the attack as they investigate. Two police officers have been suspended because of the bus attack.
5 killed in Philadelphia train derailment
At least 5 people have been killed and over 50 others injured after a passenger train derailed in the US.
Up to 10 cars of the Amtrak train jumped the tracks in Philadelphia while on a trip from Washington to New York.
More than 200 people were aboard the train at the time.
The cause of the derailment is not known.
But there is nothing to indicate the incident was an act of terrorism.
Iran warns against attacking aid ship to Yemen
A senior Iranian commander has warned against any attempt to target Iran's aid ship to Yemen, saying that attacking the ship will start a war in the region.
The commander added that Saudi Arabia, the United States and their allies should refrain from blocking Iran's humanitarian aid to Yemen.
An Iranian aid ship, containing 2,500 tons of food and medicine, left the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas for Yemen on Monday.
Iran said it coordinated with the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Authority of Saudi Arabia, Oman and Djibouti.
Iran had already warned that it would not allow a Saudi-led coalition to intercept the ship.
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