Indonesia blocks Telegram messaging service over security concerns
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Friday blocked access to the encrypted messaging service Telegram, citing concerns that it was being used to spread “radical and terrorist propaganda” in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.
U.S. cannot prove Islamic State chief is dead: U.S. defense secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday the United States could not prove that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead.
Gunmen kill five Egyptian police south of Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian security checkpoint on Friday, opening fire on a car and killing five policemen in an area just south of the capital, the state-run MENA news agency and the Interior Ministry said.
Saudi soldier killed, another wounded in restive Qatif province
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi soldier was killed and another was wounded in a shooting attack on their patrol vehicle in the kingdom’s Qatif province, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, which calling it a “terrorist crime”.
North Korea may have more nuclear bomb material than thought: U.S. think tank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thermal images of North Korea’s main nuclear site show Pyongyang may have reprocessed more plutonium than previously thought that can be used to enlarge its nuclear weapons stockpile, a U.S. think tank said on Friday.
Hong Kong court expels four democracy-activist lawmakers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s high court on Friday expelled four opposition lawmakers from the city’s legislature after it invalidated their oaths of office, a ruling that undermines the influence of the opposition in favor of pro-China legislators…
Malaysia says Seychelles debris not from missing MH370 plane
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Friday pieces of debris found in Seychelles are not from missing flight MH370, which vanished in March 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
Iraqi police parade car bombs seized from Islamic State
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi police displayed 23 vehicles that had been turned into car bombs and also an anti-aircraft gun, all captured from Islamic State militants during the battle for the city of Mosul.
Five hurt in acid attack robberies in London, teenager arrested
LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested a teenager on Friday after five acid attacks in less than 90 minutes across east London left several people with facial burns, including one with horrific injuries.
Asserting sovereignty, Indonesia renames part of South China Sea
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia renamed the northern reaches of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea on Friday, the latest act of resistance by Southeast Asian nations to China’s territorial ambitions in the maritime…
