1 Hong Kong protests: A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to “kill or to harm” riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub. The “loud thud” Sunday night close to riot officers marked the first known use of an explosive device during protests that started in June over a contested extradition bill and have snowballed into an anti-government, anti-police and anti-China movement.
2 Vatican scandal: The Vatican’s latest leaks scandal claimed its first victim Monday, as Pope Francis’ chief bodyguard resigned over the leak of a Vatican police flyer identifying five employees who were suspended as part of a financial investigation. The Vatican said its police chief, 57-year-old Domenico Giani, bore no responsibility for the leaked flyer but resigned “out of love for the church and faithfulness” to the pope. The person who leaked the document to Italian newsweekly L’Espresso remains unknown. Giani had signed the Oct. 2 police flyer after his agents raided two Vatican offices as part of an investigation into alleged financial irregularities surrounding a money-losing London real estate deal.
3 Tripoli air strike: Libyan health authorities say an air strike slammed into a house in the capital, Tripoli, killing at least four people and wounding four others, including a child. Tripoli has been the scene of fighting between rival militias since April. The U.N.-supported but weak government holds the capital, while forces associated with Gen. Khalifa Hifter are trying to seize it. The Tripoli-based government blamed the air strike on Hifter’s forces. Fighting has stalled in recent weeks, with...
