Islamic State kills dozens of civilians in Afghanistan: official
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Suspected Islamic State fighters rounded up dozens of civilians and executed them in a reprisal after police killed a militant commander in the remote Afghan province of Ghor, a provincial official said on Wednesday.
Australian police examine theme park ride that killed four
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian forensic police were examining a river rapids ride at the country’s biggest theme park on Wednesday where four people were trapped beneath an upturned raft and killed.
Angola’s Dos Santos faces court inquiry over naming daughter to head state oil firm
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s Supreme Court has asked President José Eduardo dos Santos to respond to an inquiry on why he appointed his daughter as head of the state oil firm, according to court documents seen by Reuters.
Spanish police arrest Morrocan accused of supporting Islamic State
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have arrested a Morrocan man accused of spreading Islamist militant messages and trying to recruit others, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
U.S. air strikes spike as Afghans struggle against Taliban, Islamic State
KABUL (Reuters) – American air strikes in Afghanistan this year have already significantly surpassed the total number conducted in 2015, a stark indicator of the United States’ struggle to extricate itself from the conflict and stick to its declared “non-combat” mission.
Kyrgyzstan government resigns after coalition break-up
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s government resigned on Wednesday after President Almazbek Atambayev’s party quit the ruling majority coalition earlier this week, deepening a rift between the pro-Russian leader and his former allies.
Chaos erupts as Hong Kong independence activists fight ban to enter legislative chamber
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legislature descended into chaos on Wednesday as two pro-independence lawmakers defied a barring order and barged into the chamber as democrats formed a human chain around them, forcing the session to be adjourned.
Six face trial in France over topless photos of British royal Kate
PARIS (Reuters) – Six people including photographers and senior media industry officials are to face trial in France under privacy laws over the publication of photographs of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge topless in 2012, according to French media rep…
China environment officials in Xian detained for data fraud: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Environmental protection officials in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian have been detained after they were found to have tampered with air quality monitoring equipment and falsified data, the official Xinhua news agency reporte…
Chinese paper says China, U.S. to step up anti-graft cooperation
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States are in “advanced negotiations” on returning to China five of its most wanted corruption suspects who have fled to the United States, a state-run newspaper said on Wednesday.
