July 14, Sunday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

  1. Britain’s foreign secretary says an Iranian tanker seized off the British territory of Gibraltar could be released if Tehran guarantees that the ship would not head to Syria.
  2. Twenty-six people, including several foreign nationals, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in southern Somalia.
  3. An international fisheries commission is warning that declining stocks of Pacific saury may not fully recover if the fish continues to be caught at the current pace.