World briefs

US-RUSSIA Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin opened their long-awaited summit yesterday with a one on one talk behind closed doors before the American leader declared their meeting was off to a “very, very good start for everybody.”

CAMBODIA The trial of an Australian filmmaker who could get five to 10 years in prison for flying a drone over a campaign rally last year was postponed yesterday for a second straight month to allow his new lawyer to get acquainted with the case. 

SRI LANKA The European Union and other diplomatic missions yesterday sought verification from the Sri Lankan government on its stand to resume executions after a rise in crime.

MALAYSIA Lawmakers took their oath in Parliament yesterday, including former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has been charged in a massive corruption scandal that led to his coalition’s electoral defeat.

PAKISTAN Police say a trailer truck has hit a parked passenger bus carrying wedding guests on a busy highway near the southern city of Hyderabad, killing at least 15 people.

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban stormed a police checkpoint in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province and killed seven policemen.

SYRIA Rebels and government forces clashed over a reconnaissance point near the frontier with Israel, a monitoring group said yesterday, as the government pressed forward with military operations in the country’s southwest.

BRITAIN A former U.K. Cabinet minister from the ruling Conservative Party yesterday called for a new Brexit referendum, an idea long assailed by the prime minister.

MEXICO President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he plans to earn less than half of what his predecessor makes when he takes office in December as part of an austerity push in government.