Islamic State kills 12 Sunni tribal fighters, police south of Mosul
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State killed seven Sunni tribal fighters who support the Iraqi government and five policemen on Saturday in a town south of Mosul, the insurgents’ last major city stronghold in Iraq, local security sources said.
Amid killing spree, Filipino actors spotlight vigilantes of Duterte’s drug war
MANILA (Reuters) – An unidentified gunman shoots dead a Filipino man. A reporter looks anxious as he arrives at the scene and watches a policeman inspect the body.
Venezuelan first lady’s nephews convicted in U.S. drug trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady were found guilty on Friday on U.S. charges that they tried to carry out a multimillion-dollar drug deal to obtain a large amount of cash to help their family stay in power.
Saudi soldier killed by missile from Yemen hours before ceasefire
DOHA (Reuters) – A Saudi soldier was killed on Saturday by a missile fired by Yemeni rebels across the border into the kingdom’s southern Asir province, the interior ministry said.
Thousands of Indonesians rally against racial, religious intolerance
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of Indonesians held a peaceful rally on Saturday to promote unity, saying they were worried by signs of growing racial and religious intolerance in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Rebel group kills three Indian soldiers in separatist attack in Assam
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Three Indian soldiers were killed and four seriously wounded on Saturday in a separatist attack in the restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said.
U.S. officials arrive in Australia to begin assessing asylum seekers
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. officials have arrived in Australia to begin assessing asylum seekers held on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island and Nauru for resettlement in the United States, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Saturday.
Western Japan jolted by 5.4 magnitude quake
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook western Japan on Saturday but there was no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued.
Former Ecuador football boss handed 10-year jail sentence
QUITO (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean court gave a 10-year jail sentence to former national soccer federation president Luis Chiriboga for corruption on Friday in another case stemming from the scandal at world governing body FIFA.
Pacific rim leaders scramble for trade options in Trump era
LIMA (Reuters) – Leaders of Pacific rim nations scrambled to find new free-trade options on Friday as a looming Donald Trump presidency in the United States sounded a possible death knell for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
