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S.Korea, DPRK agree to hold family reunion in late Oct
China has welcomed plans being discussed by the two Koreas to hold regular reunions of families separated by the Korean War in 1950s.
The two sides agreed in talks on Tuesday to further discussion of the initiative.
Meanwhile, they have agreed to hold a reunion of Korean families late next month in the Mount Kumgang resort.
The first family reunion in more than one and a half years will be held from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26.
About 100 people each from the two Koreas would meet their long- lost relatives during the upcoming event.
China relaxes restrictions on weaponry research, production
China has shortened its catalogue of weaponry that requires licensing so as to liberalize the market for research and production of weaponry.
11 categories of arms and 755 items in total are listed in a new version of the catalogue, which was released on Tuesday.
It is one third of the length of the previous version in 2005.
The move is said to be aiming at encouraging competition in the industry and boosting military-civilian integration.
Uber to enter 100 new Chinese cities in next 12 months
It is being reported that U.S. ride-hailing service Uber Technologies will enter 100 more Chinese cities over the next year.
Reuters says Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick made the comments at an event held by Uber investor Baidu in Beijing on Tuesday.
On Monday, Uber China said it had raised 1.2 billion US dollars as part of an ongoing fundraising round, while some insiders say larger local rival Didi Kuaidi had brought in 3 billion US dollars.
Uber has been aggressively ramping up operations in Asia: India is already the company's largest market outside the U.S.
Indian main opposition Congress extends Sonia Gandhi's chief term
India's main opposition Congress party has announced to retain Sonia Gandhi as its chief for one more year.
The decision is set to rest all rumors of her son Rahul Gandhi taking over the position from her.
Sonia Gandhi is the widow of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and daughter-in-law of the country's first woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
She has been at the helm of the Congress party since 1998, thus becoming the party's longest serving chief.
Her party suffered a crushing defeat in last year's general elections.
Kiribati warns of humanitarian crisis in Pacific
Kiribati's president has warned that the Pacific region will plunge into a humanitarian crisis if climate change is not significantly tackled.
President Anote Tong is now attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Papua New Guinea.
Tong said the forum would be betraying peoples' trust if it didn't back measures to keep the global warming temperature rise below 1.5 degrees.
The small island nations of the pacific are the most vulnerable to human induced climate change.
Leaders of those nations feared that a 2-degree target will risk the existence of many islands.
It has been reported that those nations are unsatisfied with their big neighbors, namely Australia and New Zealand over their climate change policies.
At least 12 police killed, many injured in bomb attack in eastern Turkey
At least 12 Turkish policemen have been killed and many others injured in a bomb attack on a police minibus.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party militants launched the attack on Tuesday morning when the bus was transporting a group of policemen to a border gate connecting Turkey to Azerbaijan.
Clashes between the Turkish army and the PKK have been intensified since July, claiming dozens of the lives of security personnel.
Iran ready to talk with U.S., Saudi Arabia on Syria: Rouhani
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said that his country is ready to talk with the United States, Saudi Arabia and other influential countries over the future of Syria.
Rouhani made the remarks on Tuesday in Tehran during a joint press conference with the visiting Austrian President Heinz Fischer.
He stressed that the people of Syria will be the sole determiners of the future of their own country instead of any foreign country or power.
Colombian president accepts Uruguay mediation on border crisis
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has expressed his willingness to accept Uruguay's mediation to help overcome the diplomatic difficulties with Venezuela on the border crisis.
Santos also said he was willing to talk directly to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro possibly in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.
The president confirmed he had talked with his Uruguayan counterpart Tabare Vasquez on the phone and accepted his goodwill for a peaceful mediation. However, no date has yet been discussed or set for a direct dialogue with Maduro.
Two British IS Fighters Killed in Syria: PM
Britain has announced that two of the country's nationals fighting for the group calling itself the Islamic State have been killed in airstrikes in Syria.
Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament that the two fighters had been plotting attacks on British soil.
Cameron adds that the precision drone strike killing Reyaad Khan was carried out by a British Royal Air Force remotely-piloted aircraft, while Junaid Hussain was killed in a separate U.S airstrike.
British warplanes have launched regular air attacks against IS fighters in Iraq and flown drones over Syria.
Cameron adds that he would not join coalition strikes in Syria without first winning parliamentary approval.
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