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A Kim Jong Un visit to Seoul? It would be surreal challenge The spectacle and surprise on display at the three inter-Korean summits this year have been, at times, intense.

Empty places at the table: Uighur children missing in China Chinese authorities are placing the children of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities into dozens of state-run orphanages across the far western Xinjiang region, as around 1 million adults in their families are sent to internment camps.

China distances children from families to subdue Muslim west Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive.

Chile military parade offers a showcase for ... puppies? Chile's annual military parade took place on Thursday but the troops didn't capture as much attention as the canines.

At least 44 people were confirmed dead and rescuers resumed searching at the crack of dawn on Friday for hundreds more still missing, a day after a ferry sank in Lake Victoria, Tanzanian police said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2pnwTKe

Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang, one of the country's top three leaders but with mostly ceremonial duties, died on Friday after an illness, state television and radio announced. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PTAiLP

Britain will leave the European Union without a deal unless the bloc's leaders soften their position on the Irish border, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told the BBC. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NSNYJZ

China's domestic security chief has called for strengthened "reform through education" for prisoners in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Friday, amid international criticism over a security clampdown. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OGM7VB

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet U.S. President Donald Trump next week as fears grow in Tokyo that Washington could demand that Japan curb its car exports to the United States. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xDX96L

The Chinese government placed under investigation for suspected graft on Friday one of the country's most senior ethnic Uighur officials who is also head of its energy administration and was a former governor of the restive region of Xinjiang. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OBy57v

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions law punishing Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xs2Mpk

North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump soon to hasten denuclearization, but a key goal is declaring an end this year to the 1950-53 Korean War, the South's President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xs2Ghi

China's most senior envoy arrived in the Dominican Republic on Thursday to inaugurate a new embassy after the country cut ties with Taiwan, as the U.S. ambassador there urged countries to make diplomatic decisions based on long-term goals. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MN2wWQ

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, who is on a trip to Havana to discuss tense bilateral relations and other "matters of common interest", state-run media reported on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PThfBk

Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has vowed to sell the presidential jet and fly commercial after taking power, was stuck on the tarmac for several hours after bad weather closed the capital's airport. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2O0agJM