HONG KONG A judge put off sentencing yesterday for young democracy leader Joshua Wong in a contempt case stemming from 2014 protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The 21-year-old Wong was among 16 activists set to face convictions for criminal contempt of court.
CHINA-INDIA China’s defense ministry expressed its “dissatisfaction and opposition” yesterday over the crash of an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle inside Chinese territory, the latest in a series of border incidents between the regional rivals.
CAMBODIA A lawyer for Cambodia’s military filed a lawsuit against former opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday, a day after the prime minister said he should be charged with treason over a social media post.
PAKISTAN A police official says a boat carrying dozens of pilgrims has capsized near an island in the Arabian Sea, killing 14 people.
TURKEY-GREECE The first official visit by a Turkish president to Greece in six decades got off to a tense start yesterday, with Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeating comments that have alarmed his Greek hosts about the need to “update” the 1923 treaty that delineated the borders of modern Turkey.
SERBIA An ultranationalist leader in Serbia says he won’t attend an appeals hearing next week in his case before a United Nations war crimes tribunal.
EUROPEAN UNION The EU announced yesterday that it is taking the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to court for failing to accommodate their fair share of refugees under a plan agreed to by the 28-country bloc two years ago.
HONDURAS Eight Latin American governments have applauded Honduras’ willingness to recount disputed votes in the presidential elections, but questions remain about how thorough that recount will be.
BRAZIL After one of the deepest recessions in its modern history and the largest corruption scandal in Latin America, Brazilians are desperate for something different — so desperate that some are calling for the return of a military dictatorship.
ARGENTINA A federal judge yesterday asked Argentina’s Senate to allow the arrest and trial of former President Cristina Fernandez on a charge of treason for allegedly covering up the role of Iranians in a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish center.
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