Sri Lankan president extends state of emergency

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena extended the state of emergency on Monday, by another month considering the security situation in the country.
Abe likely to reshuffle Cabinet in mid-September
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to reshuffle his Cabinet and ruling party executives in mid-September.
Air strikes by Assad forces kill over 40 civilians
Syrian government forces have conducted an airstrike on an insurgent    in northwestern Syria, killing dozens of civilians.
S.Korea media: Russia violated airspace
Media in South Korea report that a Russian military aircraft violated what Seoul claims to be its airspace near the Takeshima Islands on Tuesday morning.
Truck crash kills 5, injures 2 in northern Vietnam
Five Vietnamese people died and two others got injured after a truck hit a median strip------------
Over 30 dead, several injured due to lightning in N. India
Over 30 people have died and several others injured due to lightning over the past 24 hours in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, local media reported on Monday.
Britain reportedly drawing up sanctions on Iran
A British newspaper says ministers are drawing up plans to impose sanctions against Iran in response to the capture of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.