Here's a look at recent developments in the South China Sea, including air operations by the US Navy's carrier Ronald Reagan Strike Group and new military drills by China.
A Coast Guard statement emailed to Navy Times early Tuesday announced rescuers in Alaska have suspended the search for the 49-year-old Cordova man who went missing after the Delong Dock explosion.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the boarding occurred Nov. 5 in Japan's exclusive economic zone off Kagoshima and Japan complained about the "vicious" case via diplomatic channels.
The U.S. Coast Guard says 15 people were pulled from the water by the crew of San Diego-based charter fishing boat Time Machine, which happened to be near the burning Mexican vessel Saturday night.
The murder suspect is a Mexican citizen and had been living in the U.S. illegally. He was arrested in March in Newport News, Virginia, on an abduction charge.