World Briefs

CHINESE border patrol officials seized 620 wild turtles and tortoises — 510 of them considered endangered — that were found alive in a shipment of frozen seafood from Vietnam, state media said yesterday.

CHINA More than 300 grade schools in the Tianjin neighborhood shaken by this month’s deadly blasts will start the fall semester on time, the district government of Binhai said yesterday.

JAPAN Tens of thousands of protesters rallied outside Japan’s parliament yesterday to oppose security legislation in one of this summer’s biggest protests ahead of its anticipated passage next month. The demonstrators oppose legislation that would expand Japan’s military role under a reinterpretation of the country’s war-renouncing constitution.

HUNGARIAN police say they have detained a fifth man suspected of being involved in the deaths of 71 migrants found in a truck in neighboring Austria. A national police statement said the Bulgarian national was arrested on Saturday evening. Police said yesterday they would seek to have him held in custody on suspicion of human trafficking.

TURKEY Fighter jets have carried out their first airstrikes as part of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Syria, Turkey announced on Saturday. A Foreign Ministry statement said the jets began attacking IS targets late Friday across the border in Syria that were deemed to be threats to Turkey.

LEBANON Thousands rallied in downtown Beirut Saturday in the largest anti-government protest yet over a summer garbage crisis, chanting “revolution, revolution” and setting a three-day ultimatum for authorities to respond to demands, including the resignation of a Cabinet minister.

EGYPT-ITALY The Italian energy company Eni SpA announced yesterday it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off Egypt, describing it as the “largest-ever” found in the Mediterranean Sea.

VENEZUELANS took to dugout canoes to shop in Colombia as a government crackdown on smuggling and migrants cut off access to at least six border crossings. The crossing between Boca del Grita and Puerto Santander in Colombia is among four additional checkpoints closed Saturday by President Nicolas Maduro. The closures have choked off the tide of contraband goods that has been flowing from Venezuela, where products are heavily subsidized, to Colombia, where they can be sold at far higher prices.

USA A former federal transportation security agent remained held on USD3,000 bail Saturday after being charged with luring a 21-year-old South Korean exchange student going to school in Utah into a bathroom at a New York City airport and molesting her.