Defying international calls for the activists' release, a Saudi Arabian court began legal proceedings on Wednesday for Loujain Alhathloul and several other women.
"Kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son Otto," the Warmbiers wrote. Trump tweeted on Friday that he holds North Korea responsible, but he made no mention of Kim.
The parliament overwhelmingly approved the changes, which require a referendum to enter into force. Human rights groups are expressing alarm, saying they "sanction lifelong presidency."
If a new bill passes, it would free dozens of ex-military officials either awaiting trial or already convicted of crimes against humanity, undoing years of progress, expert Jo-Marie Burt writes.
Wang Quanzhang was arrested in 2015 along with hundreds of other legal activists. Human rights groups say the sentence makes a mockery of the rule of law.
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun's real-time Twitter pleas for help went viral as she begged for refugee status. Thai officials have let her talk to U.N. refugee officials.
South Korea barred Kim Myong Song, a reporter for the Chosun Ilbo newspaper, from covering a meeting with North Korean officials. He believes they were concerned his presence could derail the talks.
Alexeyeva, who died Saturday, was a longtime Kremlin critic who lived in exile for 16 years during the Soviet era. President Vladimir Putin tried to co-opt her legacy during her lifetime.
Berta Cáceres was killed in western Honduras in 2016 and her murder brought renewed attention to the dangers environmentalists face in Central America.
An ethnic Kazakh Chinese woman says Chinese authorities in Xinjiang forced her to undergo an abortion. Government minders were assigned to monitor her at home. Finally, she left China for Kazakhstan.