Anti-extradition bill protesters surround a police station where detained protesters are being held in Hong Kong, China on July 30, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
HONG KONG, August 1 (Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with reporters aboard his plane en route to Thailand from Joint Base Andrews, US on July 30, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
BANGKOK, August 1 (
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a news conference at the National Palace during her one-day visit to Haiti, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 13, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives for a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York, US on July 18, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
DUBAI, Augus
U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during a debate at Tolo TV channel in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 28, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
KABUL, July 31 (Reuters): The Afghan gov
Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of the Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken on March 28, 2018. (REUTERS File Photo)
NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters): Faceboo
A McDonald's sign is seen on Via della Conciliazione street in Rome in front of Vatican City's St. Peter's Square on January 3, 2017. (REUTERS File Photo)
ROME, July 31 (Reuters): Italy's Cult
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the ASEAN-China ministerial meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on July 31. (REUTERS Photo)
BANGKOK, July 31 (Reuters): China's top diplomat on Wednesday warned ou
U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during a debate at Tolo TV channel in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 28, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
KABUL, July 31 (Reuters): 
Journalists chant slogans during a rally protest which they say is against layoffs and the non-payment of salaries, in Karachi, Pakistan on February 26, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
ISLAMABAD, July 3
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during ceremony attended by Iranian clerics in Tehran, Iran on July 16, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
GENEVA, July 31 (Reuters): Iran
Labourers work at a construction site in the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on April 7, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
JERUSALEM, July 31 (Reuters): Isra
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets crew members during a visit to HMS Victorious at HM Naval Base Clyde in Faslane, Scotland, Britain on July 29, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
BELFAST,
An aerial view of forest fire next to oil palm plantation at Kumpeh Ulu district in Muarojambi, Indonesia on July 30, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (REUTERS Photo)
JAKARTA, July 31
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with reporters aboard his plane en route to Thailand from Joint Base Andrews, US on July 30, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
BANGKOK, July 31 (Reuter
Supporters gather outside the Eastern Courts to support the arrested anti-extradition bill protesters who face rioting charges, in Hong Kong, China on July 31, 2019. The placard reads, "There is no thugs, only
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the news media after returning from a quick trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, in Washington, US on July 30, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
Washington, July
Singapore's Law Minister K. Shanmugam speaks to Reuters in Singapore on July 31. (REUTERS Photo)
SINGAPORE, July 31 (Reuters): Prolonged turmoil in Hong Kong could jeopardise regional financial sta
Afghan men receive treatment at a hospital after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb in Herat province, western Afghanistan on July 31. (REUTERS Photo)
HERAT, Afghanistan, July 31 (Reuters):
Workers repair an electric grid in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 25, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
HANOI, July 31 (Reuters): Vietnam will contend with severe power shortages from 2021 as elect