- Eighty-nine South Koreans have crossed the military demarcation line into North Korea to reunite with family members they have not seen since the Korean War in the early 1950s.
- The Afghan president has called for a ceasefire with Taliban insurgents to mark the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.
- Japan’s foreign minister says parties to a treaty regulating the trade of conventional arms should work together to encourage more countries to join it.
August 20, Saturday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Mariko Kojima