US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he has made phone calls to other countries' officials to convey the view that Iran attacked two tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
The organizers of Sunday's mass rally in Hong Kong say nearly two million residents -- a record-high number -- took part to protest against the proposed extradition bill.
Police in Osaka say what is believed to be a gunshot was heard in the city of Suita on Sunday morning shortly after a police officer was stabbed and had his handgun stolen.
The Japan Coast Guard says more than 300 North Korean fishing boats have been spotted in Japan's exclusive economic zone off the Noto Peninsula since late May.
Economy Minister Mansour Bteish said on Saturday that the flow of Syrian refugees to Lebanon led 200,000 Lebanese people to live under the poverty line, the National News Agency reported.
Japan has used the G20 meeting to propose setting up an international framework for cooperative research into how to dispose of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.
