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SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korean police on Wednesday took into custody an alleged “drug lord” accused of running a narcotics ring in the country from ​a Philippine prison, officials said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV (Reuters) — Iran denied on Monday that it had engaged in negotiations with the United States, after President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb Iran’s power grid because of what he described as productive talks with unidentified Iranian officials.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S.-led defense manufacturing partnership agreed to launch a new missile motor production program with Japan, push forward ​a drone cooperation effort across Asia and explore building a ‌new ammunition production line in the Philippines, the Pentagon said on Friday.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Island leaders are pushing back hard after the Trump administration dramatically expanded the ocean area near the Marianas it wants to open for deep-sea mining, this time as close as 46 miles from Guam’s shores.

MAJURO — The Marshall Islands parliament this week endorsed legislation reducing income taxes for all working people in the country in a move to mitigate to some degree the soaring costs of living.

SUVA (Fiji Sun/Pacnews) —Nearly 68% of adults in Fiji are obese, highlighting a growing health crisis linked to rising rates of non-communicable diseases, including diabetes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump on Monday said he is seeking to ​delay a highly anticipated trip to China in early April by about a month because of the Iran war.

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines said on Monday it rejected Beijing’s assertion of sovereignty over the entire South China Sea, disputing a claim by ​China’s embassy that a Filipino diplomat had once conceded the disputed Scarborough ‌Shoal was not part of Philippine territory.

MAJURO — The new digital currency established with the backing of the Marshall Islands government will debut later this month to assist distribution of the country’s quarterly universal basic income program. But due to restrictions placed on the United States funding underwriting this year’s $26 mi…

PORT VILA (Vanuatu Daily Post/Pacnews) — A British national and a Lithuanian were arrested after the Vanuatu Police Force or VPF seized 1.6 tons of cocaine on board a yacht at Havannah Harbour in north Efate.