Japan hosts first fully-fledged arms show looking for an edge in tech
Japan’s first ever fully fledged arms show opened on Monday, creating a forum that Japan’s government hopes will help it tap technology it needs to counter threats posed by China and North Korean.
Indonesia police link suicide bombing to Islamic State-inspired group
Indonesian anti-terrorism officers shot dead two suspected bomb makers during a raid on the weekend and arrested more than a dozen as authorities linked a suicide bombing last week to an Islamic State-inspired network, police said on Monday.
North Korea says will not offer anything to Trump without receiving in return: KCNA
North Korea will not offer anything for U.S. President Donald Trump to brag about without receiving anything in return, a statement on its state news agency KCNA said on Monday.
Arcuri says she had ‘very special relationship’ with UK’s Johnson
U.S. businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri said on Monday that she had “a very special relationship” with Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he was mayor of London but declined to say if it amounted to an affair.
Hong Kong police seal off university, raising fears of crackdown
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to force back anti-government protesters trying to escape a university where hundreds are holed up with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons amid fears of a bloody crackdown.
No one should underestimate China’s will to safeguard sovereignty: foreign ministry spokesman
No one should underestimate China’s will to safeguard its sovereignty and Hong Kong’s stability, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing on Monday.
Choking and crying, Hong Kong protesters pinned back on campus
Hong Kong police laid siege to a university on Monday, firing rubber bullets and tear gas to pin back anti-government protesters armed with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons from fleeing amid fears of a bloody crackdown.
Lebanon resembles a sinking ship, parliament speaker says: paper
Lebanon is like a sinking ship that will go under unless action is taken, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was quoted as saying on Monday, referring to the country’s deep economic and political crisis.
Switching allegiances? Brexit stirs election doubts around England
Jules Wilde has never voted for Britain’s Conservatives and would hate to do so at the Dec. 12 election, yet for the first time in his life, the 62-year-old carer is considering backing the governing party because of Brexit.
Protesters block entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr port
Protesters have once again blocked the entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra, preventing employees and tankers from entering and bringing operations down by 50%, two port sources told Reuters on Monday.
