World briefs

US-MYANMAR U.S. lawmakers and human rights groups are putting pressure on the Trump administration to impose sanctions against Myanmar’s military over alleged ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.

INDIA-PAKISTAN Smog has enveloped much of Pakistan and neighboring India, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home, officials said.

SAUDI-ARABIA has arrested dozens of princes, senior military officers, businessmen and top officials, including a well-known royal billionaire with extensive holdings in Western companies, as part of a sweeping purported anti-corruption probe that further cements control in the hands of its young crown prince.

LEBANON Prime minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post in a televised address from the Saudi capital Saturday, accusing Hezbollah of taking the country hostage, in a surprise move that plunged the nation into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions. More on p14

NIGERIA A militant group has announced an end to its cease-fire with the Nigerian government, raising the prospects of renewed attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta.

RUSSIA Scores of people have been arrested in the center of Moscow while trying to gather for an unauthorized protest demonstration called for by an extreme nationalist group. Yesterday’s arrests came two days after the domestic security agency said it had arrested some group members on suspicion of planning to firebomb administrative buildings.

ITALLY The United Nation’s refugee agency says the bodies of 26 migrants who apparently drowned have arrived at the Italian port of Salerno as rescues intensify on the Mediterranean Sea.

SPAIN Several thousand people marched in Spain’s Basque Country to protest the Spanish government’s takeover of Catalonia’s affairs to impede the region’s secession and to punish the politicians promoting it. The Basque region in has its own separatist movement, one with a decades-long history of armed conflict and violence. 

MEXICO A study in Mexico has found horse DNA in almost 10 percent of the ground beef and meat dishes served or sold in public markets, butcher shops, street stalls and taco stands in five Mexican cities.

VENEZUELA One of Venezuela’s most prominent opposition leaders has sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador’s residence after being targeted for arrest by the Supreme Court.