World Briefs

CHINA’s navy is searching for 17 sailors after their fishing boat collided with another vessel. Three navy ships operating in the East China Sea off the coast of Zhejiang province were diverted to join the search and another five vessels dispatched because of poor visibility in the area.

MALAYSIA Scandal-ridden Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak secured a major victory for his ruling coalition in elections Saturday in the country’s biggest state, boosting his rule despite corruption allegations.

USA Donald Trump won’t have to go on trial over allegations his namesake university cheated students in California, Florida and New York at the same time he’s running for president of the United States. A federal judge in San Diego ordered that the jury trial on behalf of thousands of former Trump University students will start Nov. 28, 20 days after the presidential election.

INDONESIA Seventeen passengers and crew were injured when a Hong Kong Airlines’ flight ran into severe turbulence early Saturday on the way from Indonesia’s resort Bali island to Hong Kong.

PHILIPPINE voters head to the polls in a hotly contested election that’s seen Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial mayor of Davao City, propelled to the front of the pack with his tough talk to combat crime and deal with traffic-clogged roads.

IRAQ Officials say multiple attacks in and around Iraq have killed at least 12 people. Police say the deadliest in yesterday’s attacks was in Baghdad’s western suburb of Abu Ghraib when a suicide bomber blew up himself outside a funeral tent for the wife of a local official, killing three policemen and two civilians. At least 16 others were wounded in that attack.

EGYPT Gunmen opened fire on a minibus filled with plainclothes policemen south of Cairo, killing eight and undercutting the government’s efforts to stamp out violence and revive investment. The attackers stopped the police van in the city of Helwan, then sprayed it with bullets before fleeing the scene.