The legislation provides greater flexibility, responsiveness, and interoperability for training, exercises, and planning on a broader spectrum of security issues by easing restrictions on Japanese Self-Defense Force operations, including the ability to exercise collective self-defense

The negotiations may take days or weeks before a deal is struck between the future governing partners

Since becoming Philippines president in June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte has refused to be used by the US to advance its strategy

The 19th Communist Party of China National Congress will convene in Beijing on Oct 18

BEIJING - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit China on Sept