Afghan Taliban delegation visits China to discuss unrest: sources
PESHAWAR (Reuters) – A delegation from the Taliban visited China earlier this month to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, where the insurgent movement is fighting the Western-backed government in Kabul, sources in the Taliban said.
Belgium arrests two men suspected of planning attack
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Police arrested two men suspected of planning an attack in Belgium after house searches on Friday evening, federal prosecutors said on Saturday.
At least 31 killed in India’s northeast, Bangladesh by heavy rains
GUWAHATI, India/DHAKA, Bangladesh (Reuters) – At least 17 people have been killed by heavy rains and flooding in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, while at least 14 people have died in Bangladesh, with millions of people also displaced, officials…
U.N. Human Rights Commission slams Australia youth prison abuse
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Hundreds of people rallied in major cities across Australia on Saturday criticizing the government’s response to video showing aboriginal children being teargassed and abused in prison.
China holds Japanese man for endangering national security-media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is investigating a Japanese citizen on suspicion of endangering national security, China’s foreign ministry told Reuters on Saturday in a faxed response to questions.
Indonesia detains seven after attacks on Buddhist temples
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities detained seven people in northern Sumatra island on Saturday on suspicion of attacking several Buddhist temples the previous night, officials said.
Libyan forces battle Islamic State snipers for streets of Sirte
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces made a fresh push on Friday to capture ground from Islamic State militants besieged in the center of their former North African stronghold of Sirte.
Mexico agrees to monitor for its probe of student massacre
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico agreed on Friday to let the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) again monitor its widely criticized investigation into the disappearance and probable massacre of 43 students in 2014.
Canada couple freed in terror entrapment case swiftly rearrested
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A Canadian judge freed a couple found guilty of planting homemade bombs at a crowded Canada Day holiday party in 2013, saying on Friday the “unsophisticated” pair were entrapped by police who themselves broke the law in their stin…
CIA chief Brennan not optimistic about Syria’s future as one country
ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) – Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan said on Friday he was not optimistic about the future of Syria.
