• A Lion Air passenger plane carrying 189 people crashed off the coast of Indonesia on Monday. [The New York Times]

• Saudi Arabia rejected requests to try the suspects in the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey and denounced international outrage over the incident as “fairly hysterical.” [The New York Times]

• More than 2,000 Indians were arrested over the past week amid clashes over whether women should be allowed into the Sabarimala Temple, considered one of Hinduism’s holiest sites. [The New York Times]

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, will hold a formal summit meeting in Tokyo today discussing economic and military cooperation. [The Japan Times]

• Prince Harry and his wife, the former Meghan Markle, were welcomed to New Zealand. [Stuff]

• #MeToo in Britain: The country’s privacy laws are under scrutiny after a lawmaker used his parliamentary privilege to reveal that Sir Philip Green, the British billionaire and Topshop owner, had been accused of sexual misconduct. [The New York Times]

• In Rome, thousands of people took to the streets to protest deteriorating conditions of the Italian capital, where garbage has piled up and streets are riddled with potholes. [The New York Times]

• The Chinese city of Jinan has established a credit-scoring system for pet owners, in which violations like letting a dog off a leash can lead to confiscation of the furry friend. [The South China Morning Post]