Some members of Congress are calling for the suspension of the so-called five-year rule, a measure that for many years has capped how long government service employees can work overseas in a military assignment.

Philippine and Chinese government vessels collided last week in the South China Sea, according to officials from both nations, the most recent skirmish involving competing claimants to territory in the strategic waterway.

Survivors of last year’s deadly wildfire that decimated a historic Maui town will receive an additional year of housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Shaken by multiple militant attacks, Pakistani authorities have locked down the capital in a major security move as senior officials from several nations arrive for an Asian security group meeting.

To compensate Pocheon residents for the noise, the South Korean defense ministry agreed to construct a gymnasium, golf course and other sports facilities around the range at an undetermined date, citizen’s group spokesman says.

The only U.S. warship equipped with the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, system recently joined 7th Fleet.

North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use on Tuesday, South Korea said, after the rivals exchanged threats of destruction amid rising animosities over North Korea’s claim that South Korea flew drones over its capital.

In September the Chinese military launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that flew 7,400 miles before splashing down in the Pacific south of Hawaii.