Dark clouds converging as tensions with Iran, China and North Korea skyrocket, mass shootings shake US, and Democratic challengers sharpen their attacks
Travelers and residents of city advised to watch for updates on disturbances, heed instructions of authorities, as strike descends into citywide mayhem
Police officers join 30 other countries for sniper training amid criticism Beijing using anti-terror measures to crack down on protesters, imprison ethnic Muslims
Beijing-appointed Carrie Lam shelves proposed law indefinitely following mass protests, says she'll 'adopt a sincere and humble attitude in accepting criticism'
Beijing sees Tel Aviv as a hotbed of technology and Israelis see the Chinese as a font of cash, but some warn that the relationship is not necessarily one made in heaven
Violence flares as police try to clear protesters outside parliament; organizers say over a million people took part in march, largest protest since city's 1997 handover to China
Crowd calls to scrap planned bill to allow extraditions to countries without treaty, including China; police say at least 153,000 started march, but new people still joining
Trump administration reportedly withheld information from Congress, raising concern it is tacitly approving move; fears raised Riyadh could be seeking nuclear weapons
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