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By SHARON OTTERMAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2Db7cVt

Court to set date for resuming trial in Kim Jong Nam's death A Malaysian court is scheduled Wednesday to set a new date for starting the defense phase of the trial for two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering the North Korean leader's half brother.

Migrants weigh whether to stay in Mexico, resume trek to US Thousands of Central American migrants will take at least a couple of days to rest in a Mexico City stadium as they debate whether to accept offers to stay in Mexico or continue their trek to the U.S. border.

Surfer fends off shark that bit his leg at Australian beach A man has used his surfboard to fend off a shark that bit him on his calf off an Australian beach two days after a fatal attack on the Great Barrier Reef.

Italy working to help Pakistani Christian in blasphemy case Italy said Tuesday that it is working to help relocate the family of a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy, amid warnings from her husband that the family's life is in danger in Pakistan.

Brazil judge denies cabinet post a reward for jailing Lula The judge who is the most prominent face of Brazil's anti-corruption campaign denied Tuesday that his appointment as justice minister was a reward for having convicted and jailed a political rival of his new boss.

Cameroon's President Paul Biya inaugurated for 7th term Cameroon's President Paul Biya, Africa's oldest leader, was inaugurated Tuesday for his seventh term in office amid rising separatist troubles.