Turkish court sentences to jail seven at opposition newspaper
A Turkish court on Friday handed down jail sentences to seven journalists and other staffers at opposition newspaper Sozcu over aiding a network that Ankara says orchestrated a failed coup in 2016, the paper said.
Norwegian, 71, told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest
A Norwegian woman on holiday in India’s southern state of Kerala has been told to leave the country after she joined a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law, authorities said on Friday.
Donations top $30 million for Kyoto Animation arson victims in Japan
Donations to Kyoto Animation topped 3.3 billion yen ($30 million) to support survivors and bereaved families after an arson attack on the film studio in July killed over 30 people.
Plane crashes after takeoff in Kazakhstan, 12 dead, dozens injured
A passenger plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed soon after take-off near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday, slamming into a house in an accident that killed 12 people and injured dozens.
Kazakhstan plane crash death toll cut to 12
Kazakh authorities said 12 people were killed when their passenger plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed on Friday shortly after departing from Almaty airport.
Moderate quake strikes near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, no damage
An earthquake of magnitude of 4.9 struck near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Friday but an Iranian emergency services official said there was no damage or casualties.
In tense north India, Muslim family says Hindu neighbors stood guard at a wedding
Members of a Muslim family in northern India said they were able to conduct the wedding of a young woman last week after neighbors from the majority Hindu community stood guard in an area that was tense after deadly violence the previous day.
Russia, China, Iran start joint naval drills in Indian Ocean
Iran, China and Russia began joint naval drills on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, in what Moscow said was an unprecedented exercise in naval cooperation and training.
South Korea’s top court dismisses “comfort women” petition against deal with Japan
South Korea’s Constitutional Court dismissed on Friday an appeal by a group of women forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels to strike down an agreement signed by the two countries to settle claims over the abuse.
Indonesia to revive ‘truth and reconciliation’ commission
Indonesia plans to revive a ‘truth and reconciliation’ commission to bring closure over past human rights violations, including the killing of hundreds of thousands of people in 1965, a senior minister told Reuters on Thursday.
