China Threatens New Tariffs on $60 Billion of U.S. Goods The new threat comes after President Trump asked his administration to consider more than doubling tariffs on $200 billion a year of Chinese goods. By KEITH BRADSHER and CAO LI
Attackers in Burqas Kill Dozens at Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan Two bombers, wearing women’s clothes to hide explosive vests and automatic weapons, killed at least 29 worshipers during Friday Prayer. By FAROOQ JAN MANGAL and FAHIM ABED
Pompeo Warns Turkey on Detained U.S. Pastor: The Clock Has ‘Run Out’ The imprisonment of Andrew Brunson prompted sanctions from the Trump administration. But the Turkish foreign minister said harsh tactics would not work. By RICHARD C. PADDOCK
Japanese Medical School Accused of Rigging Admissions to Keep Women Out Tokyo Medical University was reported to have secretly skewed test scores out of the belief that women were more likely to drop out of the profession. By AUSTIN RAMZY and HISAKO UENO
Australia’s Big Banks Have Stranglehold on Consumers, Government Says The biggest banks used their position to exploit customers and block competition, a new government report says. In some cases, dead people were charged banking fees. By DAMIEN CAVE
U.S. Is Expanding Power to Block Chinese Firms. HNA Was Already No Match. High-level meetings, powerful lobbying firms and a charm offensive were unable to get regulators to approve a deal with SkyBridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci’s firm. By DAVID BARBOZA and MICHAEL FORSYTHE
Myanmar Dispatch Myanmar Official Line: Rohingya Are Returning. But Cracks in That Story Abound. On a government-led tour of repatriation centers and the surrounding countryside, the sanctioned narrative grew sticky with contradictions as witnesses spoke up. By HANNAH BEECH
Asia and Australia Edition Apple, Paul Manafort, Pope Francis: Your Friday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By PENN BULLOCK
Matter Bodies Keep Shrinking on This Island, and Scientists Aren't Sure Why The Indonesian island of Flores has given rise to smaller hominins, humans and even elephants. By CARL ZIMMER
3 Foreign Caterers Are Kidnapped and Killed in Afghanistan Food service workers from India, Malaysia and Macedonia were abducted while driving to work in Kabul, and were found shot dead outside the city. By FAHIM ABED
Thousands of Confiscated Coffins and an Exhumed Corpse Stoke Fury in China The authorities in Jiangxi Province acknowledged that local officials had gone overboard in pushing cremations to save land as part of “burial reform” efforts. By AUSTIN RAMZY
A Chinese Activist Was Challenging Xi on Live TV. The Police Came to Stop Him. Sun Wenguang, a rights activist and retired professor, was criticizing President Xi Jinping when police officers barged into his home and cut him off. By GERRY MULLANY
In Maldives, Suspects Are Cleared in Disappearance of Prominent Journalist Two men accused of kidnapping Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, who is still missing, were acquitted. Observers and rights advocates said the trial and investigation were a sham. By HASSAN MOOSA and KAI SCHULTZ
China’s Introverts Find a Kindred Spirit: A Stick Figure From Finland “Finnish Nightmares,” a cartoon series with a shy protagonist, has spawned a new word for social awkwardness in China: jingfen, or “spiritually Finnish.” By MIKE IVES and ZOE MOU
Chinese Spiritual Leader Is Accused of Harassing Female Followers The case against a religious official is a high-stakes test of whether China’s burgeoning #MeToo movement can take on powerful leaders. By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
Jacinda Ardern Embraces Dual Role: New Zealand Prime Minister and Mom New Zealand’s prime minister, back from six weeks’ maternity leave, told reporters to expect “the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me.” By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
In Kashmir, Blood and Grief in an Intimate War: ‘These Bodies Are Our Assets’ The Kashmir conflict, which once brought India and Pakistan to the brink of nuclear war, has become a bitterly personal, and mostly local, insurgency. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Asia and Australia Edition Trade War, Jeff Sessions, Cody Wilson: Your Thursday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHARLES McDERMID
Google, Seeking a Return to China, Is Said to Be Building a Censored Search Engine Google withdrew from China in 2010 to protest the country’s censorship. Now the internet giant is working on a search engine that complies with Chinese censorship rules. By LI YUAN and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
Taliban Surge Routs ISIS in Northern Afghanistan More than 200 Islamic State militants and two top commanders surrendered to the Afghan government, after a decisive loss in a two-day battle with rival insurgents. By NAJIM RAHIM and ROD NORDLAND
China Threatens New Tariffs on $60 Billion of U.S. Goods The new threat comes after President Trump asked his administration to consider more than doubling tariffs on $200 billion a year of Chinese goods. By KEITH BRADSHER and CAO LI
Attackers in Burqas Kill Dozens at Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan Two bombers, wearing women’s clothes to hide explosive vests and automatic weapons, killed at least 29 worshipers during Friday Prayer. By FAROOQ JAN MANGAL and FAHIM ABED
Pompeo Warns Turkey on Detained U.S. Pastor: The Clock Has ‘Run Out’ The imprisonment of Andrew Brunson prompted sanctions from the Trump administration. But the Turkish foreign minister said harsh tactics would not work. By RICHARD C. PADDOCK
Japanese Medical School Accused of Rigging Admissions to Keep Women Out Tokyo Medical University was reported to have secretly skewed test scores out of the belief that women were more likely to drop out of the profession. By AUSTIN RAMZY and HISAKO UENO
Australia’s Big Banks Have Stranglehold on Consumers, Government Says The biggest banks used their position to exploit customers and block competition, a new government report says. In some cases, dead people were charged banking fees. By DAMIEN CAVE
U.S. Is Expanding Power to Block Chinese Firms. HNA Was Already No Match. High-level meetings, powerful lobbying firms and a charm offensive were unable to get regulators to approve a deal with SkyBridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci’s firm. By DAVID BARBOZA and MICHAEL FORSYTHE
Myanmar Dispatch Myanmar Official Line: Rohingya Are Returning. But Cracks in That Story Abound. On a government-led tour of repatriation centers and the surrounding countryside, the sanctioned narrative grew sticky with contradictions as witnesses spoke up. By HANNAH BEECH
Asia and Australia Edition Apple, Paul Manafort, Pope Francis: Your Friday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By PENN BULLOCK
Matter Bodies Keep Shrinking on This Island, and Scientists Aren't Sure Why The Indonesian island of Flores has given rise to smaller hominins, humans and even elephants. By CARL ZIMMER
3 Foreign Caterers Are Kidnapped and Killed in Afghanistan Food service workers from India, Malaysia and Macedonia were abducted while driving to work in Kabul, and were found shot dead outside the city. By FAHIM ABED
Thousands of Confiscated Coffins and an Exhumed Corpse Stoke Fury in China The authorities in Jiangxi Province acknowledged that local officials had gone overboard in pushing cremations to save land as part of “burial reform” efforts. By AUSTIN RAMZY
A Chinese Activist Was Challenging Xi on Live TV. The Police Came to Stop Him. Sun Wenguang, a rights activist and retired professor, was criticizing President Xi Jinping when police officers barged into his home and cut him off. By GERRY MULLANY
In Maldives, Suspects Are Cleared in Disappearance of Prominent Journalist Two men accused of kidnapping Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, who is still missing, were acquitted. Observers and rights advocates said the trial and investigation were a sham. By HASSAN MOOSA and KAI SCHULTZ
China’s Introverts Find a Kindred Spirit: A Stick Figure From Finland “Finnish Nightmares,” a cartoon series with a shy protagonist, has spawned a new word for social awkwardness in China: jingfen, or “spiritually Finnish.” By MIKE IVES and ZOE MOU
Chinese Spiritual Leader Is Accused of Harassing Female Followers The case against a religious official is a high-stakes test of whether China’s burgeoning #MeToo movement can take on powerful leaders. By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
Jacinda Ardern Embraces Dual Role: New Zealand Prime Minister and Mom New Zealand’s prime minister, back from six weeks’ maternity leave, told reporters to expect “the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me.” By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
In Kashmir, Blood and Grief in an Intimate War: ‘These Bodies Are Our Assets’ The Kashmir conflict, which once brought India and Pakistan to the brink of nuclear war, has become a bitterly personal, and mostly local, insurgency. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Asia and Australia Edition Trade War, Jeff Sessions, Cody Wilson: Your Thursday Briefing Here’s what you need to know to start your day. By CHARLES McDERMID
Google, Seeking a Return to China, Is Said to Be Building a Censored Search Engine Google withdrew from China in 2010 to protest the country’s censorship. Now the internet giant is working on a search engine that complies with Chinese censorship rules. By LI YUAN and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
Taliban Surge Routs ISIS in Northern Afghanistan More than 200 Islamic State militants and two top commanders surrendered to the Afghan government, after a decisive loss in a two-day battle with rival insurgents. By NAJIM RAHIM and ROD NORDLAND