US trying to make friends, counter China with massive naval exercise

The Pentagon kicked off the world's largest naval war games last week, the biennial, month-long Rim of the Pacific exercises, known as RIMPAC, bringing together 46 ships and submarines, 200 aircraft and 25,000 troops from 25 nations.

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Afghanistan calls off ceasefire with Taliban

The Afghan government has formally called off the unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban it had announced for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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Dalai Lama Fast Facts

Read CNN's Dalai Lama Fast Facts to learn more about his Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, spiritual leader of the people of Tibet.

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7 days in the dark: How the Thailand cave search unfolded

Around 1 p.m. last Saturday, the sun was shining when Prajak Sutham, 14, Pipat Bhodi, 15, and some of their soccer teammates chained their bikes to a rail, hooked their backpacks over their shoulders, and hiked into Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the mountains of northern Thailand.

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South Koreans may no longer face jail if they refuse to serve in the military

South Korea jails more conscientious objectors than any other country, but that may be about to change.

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Thai cave rescuers descend into chimney that may be new access point

Rescuers looking for 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach have discovered a hidden opening deep in the jungle that may be a new point of entry to the cave system that the group is suspected to be stranded in.

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US-China trade war will spill into other Asian economies

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Myanmar among worst places for human trafficking, US report says

Myanmar has joined China, Syria and South Sudan as being among the countries doing least to tackle human trafficking, according to the US State Department's latest annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report.

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Sumo Association cancels recruit fitness test -- because no one applied

For only the second time in sumo history, Japan's national association has had to cancel a fitness test for new recruits -- because no one applied.

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Satellite images show North Korea upgrading nuclear facility

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Japanese spacecraft reaches asteroid after 3-year journey

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 has reached the diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu.

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Cave rescuers work round the clock to locate missing Thai teenage soccer players

Photos of a group of teenage boys and their soccer coach, who are believed to have been trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand since Saturday, have emerged as efforts are being ramped up to locate and rescue them.

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US Defense Sec. Mattis meets with Chinese President Xi in Beijing

US Secretary Defense James Mattis met with Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Duterte seeks church outreach after shocking Catholics

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has promised to mend fences with the Catholic Church in the wake of scathing comments he made about God, which shocked many in Asia's largest Catholic country.

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Japanese Princess Ayako to marry shipping employee, leave royal family

Japan's Princess Ayako has become the second Japanese princess in two years to announce she's marrying a commoner, a move that will force her to renounce her royal status.

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Families await news of teenage soccer team trapped in Thai cave

The families of 12 missing boys and their soccer coach are nervously waiting for news of their children, as rescuers continue to search a partially flooded cave complex in northern Thailand where the group are thought to have been trapped since Saturday.

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Myanmar fires general in charge of Rohingya crackdown after EU sanctions

The Myanmar military has fired one of the generals in command of an operation in Rakhine State, which saw more than 700,000 Rohingya flee across the country's border into neighboring Bangladesh.

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Indian boy becomes world's second-youngest chess grandmaster

An Indian boy has become the world's second youngest chess grandmaster, at the age of 12 years and 10 months.

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China lectures the US on opioid crisis

A top official in China's drug control agency has hit back at accusations that Chinese suppliers are fueling the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States, arguing that Washington should pay more attention to domestic factors before pointing fingers at others.

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