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The United States will no longer "tiptoe" around Chinese behavior in Asia, with stability in the region at threat on issues ranging from the South China Sea to Taiwan, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Z354GD

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Mecca said on Saturday that it noted with concern growing Islamophobia in many parts of the world, according to the summit's final statement. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Z5Sp65

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit condemned the inhumane situation of Rohingya Muslims, urging a halt to violence, it said in a statement on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2wxVqjo

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Mecca refused to accept any decision to change legal and demographic status of Syria's Golan Heights, especially the U.S. decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory, the summit's final statement said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2MAR45Z

A summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned any position adopted by an international body that supports prolonging occupation, including a U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, it said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2W8zm98

Beverley Jacobs and Terri Brown fought tirelessly on behalf of missing and murdered indigenous women. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/30Ydgdh

U.S. immigration authorities on Friday said the government would limit which migrant children who enter the country alone qualify for special protections in the United States, the latest move by the Trump administration to tighten immigration restrictions. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JQTbAm

Leaked national report describes possibly thousands of deaths of indigenous women as genocide. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2QDIbGO

El Salvador's decision to establish ties with China was correct and the two countries have bright prospects, a Chinese envoy told El Salvador's maverick new president, who has been critical of Beijing. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2QEeIwD

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday that technology firm Huawei was too close to the Chinese government, adding that Washington was concerned about cyber attacks and the theft of intellectual property. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2W4N255

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan suggested on Saturday that China was responsible for a range of destabilizing activities in Asia, stirring already heightened tensions between the world's two largest economies. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2I9kSRp

The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and other weapons. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2QEa55J

By STEFANOS CHEN from NYT Real Estate https://nyti.ms/2WDpOaz

By JESSE McKINLEY from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2Ic4sYt

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan suggested on Saturday that China was responsible for a range of destabilizing activities in Asia, stirring already heightened tensions between the world's two largest economies. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Xh1tUV

By CHRISTOPHER MELE from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2ELlD2u

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to slap punitive tariffs on all Mexican trade if Mexico does not stop illegal immigration has punched a gaping hole in his Mexican counterpart's hands-off approach to diplomacy, with potentially ruinous consequences. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2QFfwl0