Wary Pakistan puts military in charge of capital’s security
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan is putting the military in charge of security in the capital, Islamabad, in case Pakistani Taliban militants try to launch attacks in response to an army offensive against them, the government said on Friday.
Two killed by car bomb blamed on separatists in southern Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least two people and injured 36 outside a hotel in southern Thailand on Friday, police said, the latest deadly attack in an area plagued by separatist violence for the past decade.
Australia to ship Tamil asylum seekers to its mainland
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will transfer 157 Tamil asylum seekers it has been holding at sea for nearly a month to a mainland detention center, the immigration minister said on Friday, in an apparent setback for the government’s policies.
Poland says may appeal European court ruling on CIA jail
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday Warsaw will probably appeal against a European Court of Human Rights ruling that Poland hosted a secret CIA jail.
China imposes airline-like restrictions on bus passengers in Xinjiang capital
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned bus passengers in the capital of western Xinjiang region from carrying items ranging from cigarette lighters to yogurt, state media said on Friday, in the latest effort by authorities to prevent violent attacks.
Pakistani boy loses arms after row with landowner over cows: police
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police have arrested the son of a landowner for an assault on a 10-year-old boy which resulted in his injured arms being amputated, the latest case highlighting harsh treatment of villagers by so-called feudal fami…
Australia to send 100 extra police, troops to Ukraine: PM Abbott
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will send 100 additional police and some defense force personnel to Europe to join a planned Dutch-led international security force to secure the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on …
Norway says Islamist militants planning attack in West have left Syria
OSLO (Reuters) – A group of militant Islamists planning to carry out attacks in the West is on its way from Syria, possibly heading towards Norway, police said on Friday.
Taliban stop cars, kill passengers in central Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents intercepted two minibuses traveling through central Afghanistan and killed at least 14 passengers overnight, officials said on Friday.
Rise of Islamic State tests Syrian army strategy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The growing power of the ultra-hardline Islamic State means the Syrian army is now having to confront a group it has until now been reluctant to attack for political reasons.
