Malaysia Airlines on Tuesday said it was "shocked" by allegations aired by media against the co- pilot on its missing jetliner of a cockpit security breach in the past.
A Hong Kong male was sentenced guilty on Wednesday for attempt to blackmail filming crew of the Hollywood Blockbuster Transformers last year.
A crew member on the fishing boat which sank Wednesday morning after colliding with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport vessel off Hiroshima Prefecture died early on Thursday, bringing the death toll to two, local media reported.
A Greek-owned cargo vessel came under attack by pirates off the coast of West Africa and two of the crew members have been abducted, Greek authorities said on Tuesday.
Bodies believed to be those of the six missing Russian crew members were found inside a Cambodia- registered freighter that caught fire early Thursday in a port in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido, according to local media.
The skipper and all other crew members of a Chinese fishing boat Japanese coast guard detained Saturday near the Okinawa Prefecture were released on late Sunday, said the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka.
Three men who attempted to hijack a plane in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in June, were sentenced to death on Tuesday.