CHINA A female Chinese swimmer tests positive for a banned substance at the Rio Olympics, China’s swimming association says, the first competitor in the sport to fail a test at the games.
JAPAN Coast guard ships searched Friday for eight missing Chinese crewmembers after rescuing six others from a fishing boat that collided with a cargo ship off disputed islands in the East China Sea, Japanese government officials said. The boat apparently sank Thursday after colliding with the Greek-flagged ship off the Japan-controlled Senkaku islands, which China also claims. The collision occurred as hundreds of Chinese fishing boats have gathered around the islands since early August following the start of the mackerel season. More on p10
PHILIPPINES Hundreds of Filipinos rallied in stormy weather Sunday against President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to allow dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried in a heroes’ cemetery, but Duterte remained firm in his stance despite growing opposition. About 1,500 protesters carrying a large streamer that read “Marcos not a hero” called on Duterte to reconsider his decision. More on p13
AFGHANISTAN The Islamic State group, which has been building a presence in Afghanistan for more than a year, has established a recruitment and training camp in a restive southern province bordering Pakistan, Afghan officials said. They added that IS operatives are actively recruiting and training locals to join the group as gunmen.
SYRIA’s rebel-held, northwestern Idlib province came under heavy bombardment yesterday, activists reported, as rebels and pro-government forces battled for control of the nearby city of Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 26 airstrikes across the province, one of the last remaining bastions of rebel control.
GREECE-TURKEY Greece’s migration minister says that while arrivals of refugees and other migrants from Turkey have increased in recent weeks, there is no sign that Turkey is ignoring the deal with the European Union to staunch the flow.
SWITZERLAND The man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid died of his wounds yesterday, as did one of his victims, a 34-year-old woman, Swiss police said. Three others remain hospitalized with serious wounds. More on p15
PERU More than 50,000 people marched in Peru’s capital and eight other cities on Saturday to protest violence against woman and what they say is the indifference of the judicial system. Officials said the size of the protest was unprecedented in Peru and followed several recent high-profile gender violence cases.
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