China says it has suspended nuclear arms control talks with the U.S. over a $360 million sale of weapons to Taiwan.

Taiwanese Premier Cho Jungtai says Taiwan is “willing to take on more responsibility” when it comes to paying for the island’s security.

In Oman, gunmen kill six people and injure at least 28 in an attack on a Shiite religious center in Muscat.

The United Nations warns an ongoing security crisis in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to severe deforestation.


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