World briefs

China Chinese authorities have detained a Japanese man, Japan’s government said yesterday, and news reports suggested he might be accused of spying.

US-China China’s defense minister lashed out at U.S. foreign policy yesterday, saying China wasn’t fazed by sanctions, pressure or a “big stick” approach, while reiterating threats to force the self-governing island democracy of Taiwan to accept rule from Beijing. More on p12

Philippines An Australian national has been arrested for allegedly killing another Australian man and a Filipino woman in a city northwest of Manila, Philippine police said.

Indonesia’s losing presidential candidate says he’ll join his election rival’s Cabinet to help strengthen the country’s defense.

Japan is bracing for two more storms heading its way a week after a typhoon devastated the country’s central and northern regions.

Spain The Socialist government says it will exhume and relocate the remains of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco on Thursday, bringing closer to an end a move that has sparked much criticism and legal battles.

Turkey Angry over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, residents of a Kurdish-dominated city pelted departing American military vehicles with potatoes yesterday as they drove through. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said U.S. troops will stay in eastern Syria to protect Kurdish-held oil fields for at least the coming weeks and he was discussing options to keep them there.

Czechia The head of the Czech counterintelligence service says a Russian spying network that his agency broke up last year was meant to be used for cyberattacks against the Czech Republic and its foreign allies.

UK British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted for a second time to secure lawmakers’ backing for his European Union divorce deal yesterday Parliament geared up for a grueling week of political warfare over Brexit.

Canada Minister Justin Trudeau faced the threat of being knocked from power after one term as the nation held parliamentary elections yesterday.

US The United States and the U.K. say they have exposed how a group of Russian hackers hijacked the tools of their Iranian counterparts to attack dozens of countries around the world.