World News at a Glance

Trump Defends Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi Case

The Trump administration pushed back Tuesday against condemnation of Saudi Arabia and showed support for its crown prince, who has been linked to the disappearance and possible killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey. In his strongest language over the missing journalist, President Donald Trump told The Associated Press: “Here we go again with you’re guilty until proven innocent.” Hours earlier, Trump’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, appeared in Riyadh, smiling and shaking hands with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pompeo issued a statement saying Saudi leaders had promised a “thorough, transparent, and timely investigation.”

Suspects in Khashoggi Case Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince

One of the suspects identified by Turkey in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — seen disembarking from airplanes with him in Paris and Madrid and photographed standing guard during his visits this year to Houston, Boston and the United Nations. Three others are linked by witnesses and other records to the Saudi crown prince’s security detail. A fifth is a forensic doctor who holds senior positions in the Saudi Interior Ministry and medical establishment, a figure of such stature that he could be directed only by a high-ranking Saudi authority.

Talks Begin on Disarming Korean Border Village

Officials from North and South Korea and the United Nations began talks Tuesday to turn a border village into an unarmed neutral enclave where military guards and tourists from both sides would move freely across the demarcation line. The village of Panmunjom lies inside the Demilitarized Zone, a buffer zone 1 1/2 miles wide that has divided the Korean Peninsula since the Korean War ended in 1953. Panmunjom was originally created as a neutral area. But since North Korean soldiers killed two U.S. Army officers in 1976, it has been divided by a demarcation line like the rest of the DMZ.

President Warns Honduras Over Migrant Caravan

President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to withhold aid from the Honduran government if it did not halt a mass migration of more than 1,500 people who crossed into Guatemala this week, many with the intention of reaching the United States. “The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the U.S. is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!” Trump said on Twitter. Vice President Mike Pence also tweeted, saying he had spoken with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández about the caravan.

U.S. Military Strike Kills 60 Al-Shabab Fighters in Somalia

The Pentagon’s Africa Command said Tuesday that it had carried out the deadliest attack against the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab in nearly a year, killing about 60 fighters in central Somalia. The strike took place Friday in the vicinity of Harardhere, about 300 miles northeast of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, the military said. Africa Command officials offered no other details except to say it did not kill or injure any civilians. The strike came after a recent spate of attacks that al-Shabab has conducted against Somali security forces and their U.S. advisers across the country.

U.K.'s ‘Brexit Preppers’ Stock Up on Supplies, Preparing for EU Exit

Nevine Mann’s cupboards are jammed with pasta, rice and couscous — enough to feed a family of five for weeks. Medications are crammed into plastic tubs, and outside her home in Cornwall, England, stands a 290-gallon water tank. Mann, 36 is a “Brexit prepper,” people who fear chaos in March, when Britain will leave the European Union, and who are stockpiling supplies. Britain has tried to negotiate a deal with the EU, without which the country could face gridlock at ports, trucks stuck on highways with their loads of food spoiling, empty grocery and pharmacy shelves, energy scarcity and factories shutting down.

Chinese Internet Star Detained for ‘Disrespectful’ Version of National Anthem

Yang Kaili, a Chinese livestreaming star with tens of millions of followers, was detained for five days for singing the national anthem in a “disrespectful” manner. The police in the Jing’an district of Shanghai described Yang’s behavior as “an insult to the dignity of the national anthem which repelled internet users." According to police, Yang, 20, was detained under China’s National Anthem Law, implemented last year, which threatens up to three years of detention. Yang wrote on the microblogging platform Weibo: "I sincerely apologize for the fact that I did not sing the national anthem in the live broadcast in a serious manner.”