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| China's Xi sombre about world economy at G20, warns against protectionism | |  By Kevin Yao and Nathaniel Taplin HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - The global economy is being threatened by rising protectionism and risks of high leverage are accumulating, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at the open of a two-day summit of leaders from G20 nations. With the summit tucked in between Britain's surprise vote in June to exit the European Union and the U.S. presidential election in November, G20 leaders are expected by observers to mount a defence of free trade and globalisation and warn against isolationism. The global economy is "at a crucial juncture", Xi said, hemmed in by sluggish demand, financial market volatility and feeble trade and investment.
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| Zimbabwe's Mugabe says judges reckless for allowing protests | |  Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has accused court judges of being reckless in allowing anti-government demonstrations that later turned violent, state media reported on Sunday, a day before a legal challenge to last week's official ban on protests. The southern African nation on Thursday outlawed all demonstrations for two weeks in the capital Harare, which has witnessed protests against Mugabe's handling of the economy, cash shortages and high unemployment. Some political activists have approached the High Court to challenge the ban which they say is unconstitutional.
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| Mali president fires defence minister after gunmen seize village | |  Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has fired Defence Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly after suspected Islamist militants briefly seized the village of Boni in the centre of the country on Friday, state television said late on Saturday. Coulibaly is being replaced by Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga, a former minister for territorial administration, who was also the president's campaign director at the 2013 election. The raid was the latest in a series this year in Mali, reflecting a rise in the power of Islamist groups that have spread a campaign of violence from the north to the centre of the country only a few hundreds miles from the capital Bamako.
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| Philippines worried, says more Chinese boats spotted at disputed shoal | | | By Manuel Mogato VIENTIANE (Reuters) - The Philippines expressed "grave concern" on Sunday and demanded an explanation from China's ambassador over what it said was an increasing number of Chinese boats near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. A Philippines air force plane flew over the rocky outcrop on Saturday and spotted more boats than usual in a flotilla China has maintained since seizing the shoal after a tense standoff in 2012, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. "There were four Chinese coastguard ships and six other vessels, including blue-coloured barges, around Scarborough Shoal," he said in a text message sent to reporters. |
| To Iranian eyes, Kurdish unrest spells Saudi incitement | |  By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT (Reuters) - A decision by a Kurdish opposition group to take up arms against Iranian authorities has senior officials in Tehran worrying that Saudi Arabia is seeking to undermine its stability in a deepening of their regional rivalry. Riyadh denies the charge. The contest has largely hewed along sectarian lines as mainly Shi'ite Iran and Saudi Arabia, a predominantly Sunni country, vie for influence.
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| Bangladesh police arrest second militant suspected of killing publisher | | | Police in Bangladesh have arrested another suspect in the killing of a publisher who was hacked to death by Islamist militants last October, the head of the counter-terrorism unit in Dhaka said on Sunday. Militants have targeted secularist writers in Bangladesh in recent years as the government has cracked down on Islamist groups seeking to turn the South Asian nation of 160 million people into a sharia-based state. "Another man whom we believe was one of the main prime suspects in killing the publisher was arrested on Saturday," Monirul Islam, chief of the counterterroism cell of the Dhaka police, told reporters. |
| China wary as Hong Kong election exposes underlying strains | |  By Venus Wu and Tris Pan HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong voted on Sunday in its first major election since pro-democracy protests in 2014 and one of its most contentious ever, with a push for independence among disaffected younger voters stoking tension with China's government. The vote is for a 70-seat legislative council in which Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition is hoping to maintain a one-third veto bloc in the face of better mobilised and funded pro-Beijing rivals. The former British colony was handed back to China in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" agreement that promised to maintain the global financial hub's freedoms and separate laws for at least 50 years, but gave ultimate control to Beijing.
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