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AP, Beijing
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other officials Saturday on issues including trade, North Korea and preparations for an anticipated visit by President Donald Trump to China in November.
Tillerson told top Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi that Trump and Xi had developed a “very regular and close working relationship.”
Trump to visit Asia in Nov
Reuters, Washington
Donald Trump will travel to Asia in November for the first time since becoming president, stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines on a trip expected to be dominated by the North Korea nuclear threat.
Joined by his wife Melania, Trump will travel Nov. 3-14. His visit will include attending two major summits, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conclave in the Philippines.
Indian fire kills 2 villagers, Pak soldier
AP, Islamabad
Pakistan’s army says Indian troops with heavy weapons have targeted civilians from across the frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir, killing two villagers and a soldier.
The skirmishes came as Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the country’s military leadership discussed ceasefire violations by India in Kashmir at a meeting of the National Security Committee in Islamabad.
On Saturday, a day after the attack, the army said in a statement that a soldier was killed and three others wounded while evacuating villagers.
2 killed in Afghan roadside bombs
AP, Kabul
At least two people including a police officer were killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, a provincial official said Saturday.
Gelani Farhad, spokesman for Herat’s provincial governor, said another officer was wounded when a police vehicle triggered the explosive in the Adraskan district.
In a separate incident, Farhad said a civilian motorcycle hit a roadside bomb, killing one civilian and wounding another in the Shindand district.
