Disasters and accidents
Chinese state media reports that all 33 miners trapped underground have been found dead on Monday after a gas explosion at Jinshangou Coal Mine in Laisu Town of Yongchuan District in Chongqing, and preliminary investigations have been started. (AP) (Xinhua)
Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
New analysis by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau suggests that no-one was controlling Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as it plunged into the southern Indian Ocean in 2014. (AP via Fox News)
International relations
Philippines–United States relations, Philippine Drug War
United States State Department blocks the sale of firearms to the Philippines due to concerns of human rights violations. (CNN), (Reuters)