North, South Korea to hold talks before possible Pyongyang summit
North and South Korean officials are scheduled to hold high-level negotiations on Monday, with one South Korean newspaper report suggesting the two sides could be planning for a summit in Pyongyang later this month.
Mali votes in run-off amid heavy security to counter militant threat
Malians voted in a run-off presidential election on Sunday but observers reported that turnout was low, with several polling stations coming under attack from armed men and one election official killed.
Arrested and killed: inside the Bangladesh prime minister’s war on drugs
Bangladesh police arrested Riazul Islam as he was walking home from his in-laws’ house. At 3:15 a.m., he was shot dead in a sandy field beside a set of railroad tracks north of Dhaka.
Japan’s Akihito pushed imperial boundaries to reach out to Asia
When Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stood, heads bowed, at a seaside cliff on Saipan 60 years after a bloody World War Two battle, their silent prayers conveyed a message many felt resonated louder than words.
Factbox: Japanese Emperor Akihito remade monarchy’s image
Emperor Akihito, 84, spent much of his three decades on the throne seeking to soothe the wounds of war, reaching out to the those in need, and remaking the image of the imperial family into a “middle-class” monarchy.
Mexican judge says probe into 2014 killings inadequate: rights center
A Mexican judge said the country’s attorney general has not “exhaustively, adequately and effectively” investigated the extrajudicial executions of 22 people allegedly committed by the military in 2014, a human rights organization said on Sunday.
Turkey says has action plan to ease market concerns; lira firms from record low
Turkey has drafted a economic action plan and will start implementing it on Monday morning to ease investor concerns, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Sunday, after the lira plunged to a new record low in early Asia Pacific trade.
Protesting Nigerian troops fire into air at northeastern airport
Nigerian troops staging a protest at the airport in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday shot into the air for around four hours, soldiers and local people said.
Splits deepen over British ex-minister Johnson’s burqa comments
Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson returned from his summer holiday to face both criticism and support over his remarks about burqas, amid deepening divisions in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Sunday.
Turkish banking watchdog limits banks’ swap transactions
Turkish banking watchdog BDDK said it will limit Turkish banks’ swap, spot and forward transactions with foreign investors to 50 percent of a bank’s equity.
