SEOUL -- South Korea's defense ministry on Wednesday strongly denounced Japan as a Japanese patrol plane conducted a low-altitude flight near a South Korean battleship, which the ministry called "threatening."

The Seoul ministry said in a statement that a Japanese patrol plane flew close to a South Korean battleship as low as 60-70 meters and as close as 540 meters in waters off the southwest coast at about 2:03 p.m. local time (0503 GMT). (S. Korea-Japan-Patrol plane)

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KABUL -- Afghan security forces have killed the mastermind of the deadly bombing on a military base in eastern Afghanistan earlier this week, Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Wednesday.

The Taliban militant group has yet to respond to the report.(Afghanistan-Bombing-Mastermind)

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WELLINGTON -- Thousands of New Zealanders said they felt the tremor on Wednesday as a 4.7 magnitude earthquake hits Whanganui on the west coast of the country's North Island.

Geonet, New Zealand's geological hazard monitoring system, reported a 4.7-magnitude quake 5 km north of Whanganui at 8:09 p.m. local time (0709 GMT), with a depth of 96 km.(New Zealand-Tremor)

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SEOUL -- A former South Korean top court chief on Wednesday appeared in a court for a hearing which will determine whether to detain him before sentencing over his alleged involvement in a judicial power abuse scandal.

Yang Sung-tae, 71, who led the Supreme Court from 2011 to September 2017, appeared at the Seoul Central District Court to attend the hearing, local TV footage showed. (S. Korea-Top court) Enditem

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