Hezbollah supporters push protests
Compiled from news services
BEIRUT— Thousands of Hezbollah supporters joined a fiery rally in Beirut on Monday as the movement’s leader urged Palestinians to rise up after President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
Demonstrators packed the streets of Beirut’s southern suburbs in a carefully managed march.
Crowds chanted “Death to America, death to Israel!” and waved Palestinian and Hezbollah flags.
Israel’s military, meanwhile, reported that two rockets were fired at its territory from the Gaza Strip on Monday, the third volley since Mr. Trump said last week that he would break with decades of U.S. foreign policy to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
China expects refugees
BEIJING — A Chinese county along the border with North Korea is constructing refugee camps intended to house thousands of migrants fleeing a possible crisis on the Korean Peninsula, according to an internal document that appears to have been leaked from China’s main stateowned telecommunications company.
Three villages in Changbai County and two cities in the northeastern border province of Jilin, have been designated for the camps, according to the document from China Mobile. The document appeared last week on Weibo, a microblogging site.
Court frees Saakashvili
KIEV, Ukraine — A court rejected a request by prosecutors to place Mikheil Saakashvili — the ex-Georgian leader-turned Ukrainian opposition politician — under house arrest as he fights accusations he plotted to overthrow the government.
Mr. Saakashvili, who denies accepting funding from an exiled Ukrainian businessman in a bid to seize power, greeted hundreds of his allies gathered outside the courthouse after an almosteight-hour hearing Monday in the Ukrainian capital.
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