World briefs

CHINA-INDIA The leaders of China and India stressed the importance of close ties in talks Saturday, against the background of their rivalry for leadership in Asia.

CAMBODIA The leader of a Cambodian anti-government group who was at risk of being extradited to his homeland for imprisonment said he is safely back in Denmark, where he has had political asylum for seven years.

JAPAN A Japanese actress who won a settlement last week from a director she said sexually harassed her said that she plans to use the money to start a #MeToo group for Japan’s entertainment industry.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE Hundreds of Palestinians converged on the Gaza Strip’s border fence with Israel, trying to burn and rip through it before drawing heavy Israeli fire in one of the most violent incidents yet in five weeks of protests.  

ARMENIA The leader of the wave of protests that has pushed Armenia into a political crisis says he has met with the country’s president.

GREECE The U.N. refugee agency made an urgent appeal to Greece Friday to create more reception facilities at a border area with Turkey that has seen a surge in crossings in recent months by asylum-seekers from Syria and Iraq.

EUROPEAN UNION The leaders of Germany, France and Britain are ready to push back if the Trump administration does not permanently exempt the European Union from new import taxes on aluminum and steel imports.

MALI A governor in Mali says suspected jihadists have killed at least 40 civilians in two attacks near the country’s border with Niger, where attacks have increased in the past year.

US-NIGERIA After more than a year in office, President Donald Trump for the first time is hosting an African president at the White House, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

MEXICO U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum-seekers that traveled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they face possible separation from their children and detention for many months.

VENEZUELA President Nicolas Maduro announced he was restoring flights to Panama, one of the most popular connections for getting in and out of his crisis-stricken nation.