World News at a Glance

Saudi King Stands by Crown Prince as Outrage Over Khashoggi Killing Spreads

King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Monday stood by his son and crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, avoiding any mention of the international outrage toward the kingdom in his first public remarks since Saudi agents killed dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month. Also Monday, Germany imposed sanctions on 18 Saudis suspected of involvement and halted arms exports to Saudi Arabia. And Turkey's defense minister suggested Khashoggi’s killers could have left the country with his body. Khashoggi’s killing inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has become a lightning rod for Western criticism of Saudi Arabia and the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed, the kingdom’s day-to-day ruler.

Israeli Prime Minister Keeps Coalition Intact, Sidestepping a Crisis

The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appeared to have averted collapse Monday after a hawkish coalition partner backed down from a threat to defect. Netanyahu’s right-wing and religious coalition, led by his conservative Likud party, was weakened by the resignation last week of hard-line Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and the withdrawal of his party, Yisrael Beiteinu. The Jewish Home party and its leader, Naftali Bennett, had threatened to leave the coalition, too, which would have left the government without a majority. But Monday, the party retreated. With elections due next November, the remaining coalition partners are already in campaign mode.

Theresa May, Onetime Business Foe, Finds Corporate Embrace Amid Brexit Debate

On Monday, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain pitched her draft deal for leaving the European Union to an audience of business leaders who, not long ago, hardly hid their distaste for her. But May received a mostly warm reception Monday — warmer than any she has gotten in the five days since she unveiled her much-reviled Brexit plan. The meeting of the Confederation of British Industry was a soft launch for a business-oriented campaign on behalf of May’s deal, which will likely kick into high gear after the deal gets ratified by European leaders, as it is expected to Sunday.

Pakistan Angered by Trump’s Claim That It Does ‘Nothing’ for U.S.

Pakistan reacted angrily Monday to criticism by President Donald Trump that the country had not done enough in return for years of U.S. military aid and that the government had harbored Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida. On Twitter on Monday, Trump cited bin Laden and the Taliban resurgence in neighboring Afghanistan as examples of how Pakistan would “take our money and do nothing for us.” Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan responded by saying Pakistan had suffered enough fighting terrorism on behalf of the United States. “Now we will do what is best for our people & our interests,” he wrote on Twitter.

Hong Kong Activists Face Trial Over 2014 Pro-Democracy Protests

The leaders of a Hong Kong protest movement pleaded not guilty Monday to public nuisance charges stemming from the pro-democracy demonstrations that disrupted the city for more than two months in 2014. The Occupy movement — founded in March 2013 by professors Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man and a retired pastor, Chu Yiu-ming — began as a peaceful protest effort that eventually drew tens of thousands of people. The protesters were demonstrating against what they said was the city’s undemocratic way of choosing its leaders. Occupy leaders said the trial would give them an opportunity to present to the public their version of the protests.

U.K. Investigates 3,000 Foreign Medics After Fake Doctor Is Exposed

British medical authorities acknowledged Monday that they were checking the credentials of some 3,000 foreign physicians after one was convicted of fraud and accused of falsifying qualifications. For more than two decades, Zholia Alemi, 56, worked at health facilities in Britain using what she said was a qualification from her native New Zealand. The News & Star, in Carlisle, a small city in northwest England, reported that Alemi had abandoned her medical studies in 1992 after one year and had secured only a degree in human biology. The General Medical Council said the program under which Alemi qualified to practice medicine in Britain was abandoned in 2003.

Writer of Erotic Novels in China Is Jailed for Producing Pornography

In the risqué world of online erotica in China, “Lady Tianyi,” as her fans called her, was a star. Now Tianyi, whose real name is unknown, faces more than a decade in prison, after a court in eastern China found her guilty last month of “producing and selling pornography,” the state-run news media reported over the weekend. Her punishment captured national attention in recent days, with many Chinese citizens denouncing it as harsh and excessive. The backlash showcased the resentment that some Chinese citizens feel about increasingly strict limits on free speech under President Xi Jinping.