HOT NEWS
- The Trump administration remained defensive over intelligence that Russia offered bounties to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, adding the President was not brief on the matter. Source: Al Jazeera
- An Israeli government minister said the West Bank annexation plan might be weeks away, following the absence of a green light from the U.S. Source: Reuters
- Among the 87% of ballots counted, more than 77% of Russians voted to support the constitutional changes which would allow President Putin to be in office until 2036. Source: BBC
WORLD
- Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the EU over its travel restriction measures, claiming it expressed the EU’s political stance toward the country. Source: RT
- PM Boris Johnson offers up to 3 million Hong Kong residents the chance to settle in the UK and apply for citizenship as the new security law is violating Hong Kong’s freedom. Source: BBC
- Ethiopia deployed its military in the capital on Wednesday as the protests over the assassination of a popular musician caused more than 80 lives of the protesters. Source: Al Jazeera
REGIONS
- Hong Kong police arrested 300 people after thousands of protesters gathered for an annual rally marking the anniversary of British colony’s handover to China in 1997. Source: CNA
- Myanmar’s first democratic government in the last half a century will be tested through the parliamentary election which is set to be on November 8. Source: SCMP
- The Japanese city of Yamato announced the new ban on using phones while walking around the neighbourhood’s public roads, squares, and parks. Source: Shanghai Daily
CAMBODIA
- Cambodia and Thailand are in discussion on the possibility of reopening the border gates to restore the economy, with the limitation of people crossing the gates each day. Source: Khmer Times
- The government of Japan granted more than $3 millions through JICA to the human resource development scholarship, aiming to support young government officials. Source: Khmer Times
- More than 150,000 workers in Cambodia were forced out of jobs as roughly 400 garments, footwear and travel goods factories have suspended their operations. Source: Xinhua Net
