JAKARTA -- An earthquake measuring 7.4-magnitude struck off Indonesia's Banten province on Friday, and authorities issued a tsunami warning, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) said.

According to the agency, the tremor hit at 7:03 p.m. local time (1203 GMT), with the epicenter at 7.54 degrees south latitude and 104.58 degrees east longitude at a depth of 10 km. (Indonesia-Quake)

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BANGKOK -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said on Friday that South Korea regrets on Japan's removal of South Korea from its whitelist of trusted trading partners and urged Japan to recall the decision.

Kang made the remarks after a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the ASEAN (the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations) foreign ministers' meeting and other related meetings in Bangkok. (South Korea-Japan-Trade)

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BERLIN -- German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned that the expiry of INF Treaty between the United States and Moscow could result in a new nuclear arms race.

In a statement released by the German Foreign Ministry on Thursday night, Maas said the expiry of INF Treaty on Friday meant Europe was "losing part of its security." (Germany-US-INF Treaty)

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MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday visited one of the four Pacific islands disputed between Russia and Japan, to the disappointment of Tokyo.

Medvedev visited the Island of Iturup known as Etorofu in Japanese, one of the four islands called Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan. (Russia-Japan-Territorial disputes) Enditem

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