Pakistan aims to bring religious schools into mainstream
Pakistan has agreed on a plan to overhaul instruction at madrasas or religious schools to bring the institutions closer into line with conventional schools and curb extremist teaching, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said on Friday.
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says no open investigations against former presidents
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that there were no open cases against former presidents of the nation.
Portugal’s Socialists extend lead ahead of October election: poll
Portugal’s ruling Socialists have extended their lead slightly as the favorite to win the country’s national election in October, an opinion poll showed on Friday.
Dutch state accepts partial liability for Srebrenica deaths
The Dutch government accepted on Friday that the state was partially liable for the deaths in 1995 of 350 Muslim males who were expelled from a U.N. base and killed by Bosnian Serb forces at Srebrenica.
Italian president wants govt in place in October to approve budget: official
President Sergio Mattarella has no meeting scheduled with Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and has not received any indication that the League party leader wants early elections, an Italian official said on Friday.
Suspected arsonist is ex-convict who believed Japanese studio stole his novel: media
A man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan’s worst mass killing in two decades had been convicted of robbery and carried out the attack because he believed his novel had been plagiarized, media said on Friday.
Italy’s Salvini to see Di Maio with government’s fate hanging in balance
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday he would meet coalition partner and leader of the 5-Star Movement Luigi Di Maio amid speculation that the increasingly unwieldy government might collapse.
Dutch state partially liable for Srebrenica deaths: defense ministry
The Dutch government on Friday said it accepted the Dutch state was partially liable for the deaths in 1995 of 350 Muslim males who were expelled from a U.N. base and killed by attacking Bosnian Serb forces.
India’s Priyanka stopped from visiting site of deadly shooting as tensions flare
Indian police on Friday stopped opposition leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from visiting a village where 10 tribal people were gunned down this week over a land dispute, officials said, fuelling political divisions.
Islamist militants kidnap at least one international NGO worker in northeast Nigeria: sources
Islamist militants have kidnapped at least one person working for an international aid organization, Action Against Hunger, in northeast Nigeria, sources said on Friday.
