US Seeks More From China, Asian Muslim Nations, on Islamic State

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry will seek greater cooperation from China and Southeast Asia's main Muslim states, Indonesia and Malaysia, in the campaign against Islamic State and staunching the flow of foreign fighters to the militant group, US and Asian officials said.

China's most senior diplomat, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, is expected in Kerry's home city of Boston on Friday and Saturday, a Chinese diplomat said. Kerry is then due in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, for Monday's inauguration of newly-elected president Joko Widodo.