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In this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, file photo, U.S. Marine Pfc Joseph Scott Pemberton, a suspect in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino woman, is escorted to his detention as he arrives inside the compound of the Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. American forces are guarding Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, yet a ring of Filipino troops surrounds them. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Marine murder case reveals U.S.-Philippine sore spot

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Outgoing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, walks with President-elect Joko Widodo upon arrival prior to a tour of the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, will be inaugurated as the country's new president on Monday, Oct. 20. (AP Photo/Adek Berry, Pool)

Kerry seeks Asia’s help in anti-Islamic State push

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Philippine military chief Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang answers questions from reporters about the situation of Filipino peacekeepers in Golan Heights, during a press conference at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, Philippines on Sunday Aug. 31, 2014.Catapang said more than 70 Filipino peacekeepers have escaped from two areas in the Golan Heights that came under attack by Syrian rebels. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Filipino force defied U.N. commander in Golan crisis

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

An armed group of men, not specified which group of rebels, gather at Syria's Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. It was unclear if the men were connected to an armed group that, the United Nations said, detained more than 40 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday. The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during a &quot;period of increased fighting between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces,&quot; the office of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. ( AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels attack peacekeepers in Golan Heights

By Diaa Hadid and Oliver Teves - Associated Press

In this Saturday, July 19, 2014 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a vehicle sits under a collapsed building after landfall of typhoon Rammasun in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province. The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in four decades has killed more than a dozen people, the government said Sunday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xia Yifang) NO SALES

Super typhoon Rammasun kills 18 in China

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Pentagon set to exhume U.S. soldiers’ remains in the Philippines

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A Canadian ship sits docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the the Rim of the Pacific naval exercises on Monday, June 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

US admiral: Drills to help China, US work together

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Friday, May 9, 2014, photo, U.S. and Philippine marines storm the beach to simulate a raid during the joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise dubbed Balikatan 2014 at the Naval Training Exercise Command, a former U.S. naval base, and facing the South China Sea at San Antonio township, Zambales province northwest of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

White House ending anti-terror task force in Philippines

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 21, 2012 file photo, Chinese people chat in front of an administration office building for the Xisha, Nansha, Zhongsha islands on Yongxing Island, the government seat of Sansha City off the south China's Hainan province. China is building a school on the remote island in the South China Sea to serve the children of military personnel and others, deepening the facilities in the city it created in its campaign to claim the world's most disputed waters. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUT

China adding school to outpost in disputed waters

By LOUISE WATT - Associated Press