China
China said it would impose sanctions on 11 U.S. citizens, including Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, in retaliation for similar measures by Washington against Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials.159
Asia
Jimmy Lai, the publisher of Hong Kong’s widely read pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, was arrested on suspicion of foreign collusion under a new national-security law that Beijing imposed on the city.198
Middle East
A top cabinet minister resigned, the third in recent days, as the country’s embattled government teetered on the brink of collapse following pressure from protesters to account for last week’s deadly explosion in Beirut.
World
Jihadist militants on motorcycles killed six French nationals and their local guide and driver in a giraffe park in Niger on Sunday, according to government officials, the latest attack in a nation cited by western nations as a bulwark against Islamist militancy across West Africa.
World
Riot police clashed with protesters in the Belarus capital Minsk after exit polls from the country’s presidential election projected veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko winning with 80% of the vote.
Europe
A growing group in Parliament seeks to sway Boris Johnson’s government and claims success over Huawei.
