Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 23

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Sunday urged all sides to make voices of peace and reason on the Korean Peninsula issue, and reiterated China's consistent and definite stand on denuclearizing the Peninsula.

Wang made the statement when asked about the situation of the Korean Peninsula at a joint press conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias. (China-Korean Peninsula-Nuke Issue)

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KIEV -- An employee of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was killed on Sunday when a vehicle of the OSCE special monitoring mission in Ukraine hit a landmine in eastern Lugansk region, local media reported.

Three other people were wounded in the incident, which occurred on a rural road in the area controlled by pro-independence insurgents, said the rebel-run Lugansk Information Center. (Ukraine-OSCE-Landmine)

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MANILA -- Abu Sayyaf militants had beheaded a Filipino soldier who was abducted Thursday, a military general said Sunday.

Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, said in a statement that troops found the body of Army Sergeant Anni Siraji in a remote village around 3 p.m. on Sunday. (Philippines-Abu Sayyaf-Beheading)

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MOGADISHU -- At least nine Puntland soldiers were killed and three others injured in a landmine explosion on Sunday in Galgala town in Bari region of northern Somalia.

Abdirahman Farah Gurhan, Police Commander in Galgala said the explosion targeted the soldiers who were fighting Al-Shabaab and pro-Islamic State militants in the region. (Somalia-Landmine Blast) Endi