Indian Navy's stealth Frigate, INS Talwar is deployed for Operation Sankalp commemorating the 3rd continuous year of the Indian Navy's presence in the Gulf for the protection of India's Maritime Interests.
China launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year's end.
The Japanese government announced its decision to honour former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the country's highest decoration "the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum" posthumously.