Carlota Ciganda fired herself into the joint lead with Kim Sei-young of South Korea thanks to a late flourish at the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Saturday, with one round left.

Malaysia supports Russia's fight against terrorism in Syria, the country's Defense Minister Mohamad Sabu said Saturday

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Singapore to take part in the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), Shoigu's spokeswoman Rossiyana Markovskaya said on Friday.

China and Southeast Asian states will hold their first joint maritime exercises next week, officials said Friday, in a move aimed at easing tensions but which may spark US alarm.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit and hold bilateral summits with leaders of Britain, Germany, Thailand and the European Union in Brussels on Friday.

National Champion Ijazur Rehman will represent the country in the 54th Qubica Bowling World Cup, scheduled to be held at Sami's Town, Las Vegas, USA from November, 4-11.

China has backtracked on plans to promote horse racing and potentially introduce gambling on the southern island of Hainan amid a campaign to develop the destination as a tropical tourism draw.

Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, nearly half the world's population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies, the World Bank said Wednesday