In Singapore, a certificate to own a car now costs $106,000 (www.reuters.com)
US student held in Dubai for weeks for tapping security officer’s arm (www.theguardian.com)
Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut (www.bloomberg.com)
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Thailand police arrest 14-yr-old suspected gunman after 3 killed at luxury mall (www.reuters.com)
Temperatures in Spain shatter records as October kicks off (www.reuters.com)
Myanmar junta wants census, biometric identification systems ahead of delayed election (www.abc.net.au)
Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, largely funded by China (apnews.com)
Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
6 women are rescued from a refrigerated truck in France after making distress call to a BBC reporter (apnews.com)
Germany bans ‘cult-like, deeply racist’ far-right group, carries out raids (www.aljazeera.com)
Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons (apnews.com)
Pakistan army trades tanks for tractors in food-security push (asia.nikkei.com)
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