Asia Pacific

Donald Trump and Chinese Xi Jinping concluded a two-hour and 15-minute meeting in Beijing. Xi Jinping warned that a lack of mutual understanding regarding Taiwan could lead to open conflict between the two nations.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi province, northern China, has killed 90 people, according to China Central Television (CCTV). Nine people are trapped, and 123 injured have been hospitalized, with two in serious condition and two critical. A rescue operation involving 755 personnel is ongoing.

A court in China has sentenced former defense ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to death with a two-year reprieve on bribery charges. According to Xinhua, the sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment without parole after two years, and all personal assets have been confiscated.

Thai police clarified that 5 people were killed and 23 were injured as a result of a shooting at a school, according to Reuters.

The Philippine House of Representatives has voted to impeach Sara Duterte, with 255 members voting in favor of the articles of impeachment. The case will now proceed to the Senate for trial.

At least 45 people were killed, 17 missing and 487 injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Monday, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Wednesday.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced early Monday that the United States and Iran had reached a peace agreement following intensive negotiations, with an official signing ceremony scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland.

South Korea's Supreme Court upholds a 7-year sentence for former President Yoon over obstruction of arrest.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 38, the prefectural government said on Sunday. At a Sunday morning disaster response meeting, officials confirmed the figure, including deaths still under investigation to determine whether they were caused by the magnitude 7.1 tremor.

Blast strikes peace rally in northwest Pakistan; casualties feared, officials say. Search and rescue is underway at the site as authorities warn the toll may rise.

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji died of illness at age 98 in Beijing at 11:06 a.m. Wednesday, according to Xinhua state news agency.

Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a three-day state visit, marking the first such trip by a sitting American president in nine years. He is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese Xi Jinping regarding trade, technology, tariffs, and regional security issues including Iran and Taiwan.

A powerful explosion at a building reportedly used to store mining materials in Myanmar's rebel-held Shan state kills over 45 people and injures 70.

Chinese Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have commenced formal negotiations in Beijing. Separately, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

U.S. and Japan confirm they conducted a coordinated currency intervention in the yen, signaling readiness for further action.

A Hainan Airlines jet narrowly avoided a collision with a rogue light aircraft that later crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper, according to public flight-tracking data.

The U.S. State Department says China launched a nuclear-capable ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean.

A train bombing in Pakistan killed more than 30 people, according to an official.

A fire ripped through a hotel in New Delhi on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, many of them foreign nationals, police and local media said.

Gunfire has been reported inside the Philippine Senate building during a standoff between federal agents and a senator facing charges of crimes against humanity.