Israeli Defence Minister
Avigdor Liberman says the nation will maintain its tactics at the
Gazan border of shooting anybody who approaches the fence, and calls on
Hamas to cease hostilities in exchange for aid.
(The Times of Israel)
The
Saudi-led Arab Coalition says the Saudi Arabian Navy repelled an attack by
Iran and
Houthis against a Saudi-flagged oil tanker in the
Red Sea.
(Arab News)
Military scientists at
Porton Down state they are uncertain of the source of the
nerve agent used, but are "completely confident" it was a
Novichok agent.
(ITV)
Eyewitnesses and officials say an
Afghan airstrike targeted a
madrasa being used as a meeting place by the
Taliban in
Kunduz during a graduation ceremony, with casualties including civilians.
(Al Jazeera)
Pakistani Interior Minister
Ahsan Iqbal says the government will contest a court ruling allowing MML's participation in upcoming elections this year.
(Bloomberg)
Police raid two homes in
West Yorkshire and detain two men suspected of "being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism".
(The Independent)
Police launch an investigation after Robert McClenaghan, a convicted ex-
Irish Republican Army bomber, claims online to have planted a large number of bombs during the Troubles.
(News Letter)
Failed suicide bomber Kurnia Widodo tells a court in
Jakarta he believes imprisoned cleric Aman Abdurrahman is
ISIL's
Indonesian leader.
(The Australian)
Italian authorities say a major terror alert in
Rome last week was for an innocent man whose fiancé had made false, anonymous accusations to the Italian embassy in
Tunisia.
(Al Arabiya)
Following the bankruptcy of
UK engineering outsourcing firm
Carillion, the Official Receiver reveals more than half of the roughly 20,000 employees have found new jobs.
(Sky News)
UK retailer Conviviality, owner of
Bargain Booze, says it intends to appoint administrators within ten days.
(Citywire)
Disasters and accidents
A bus crashes in rain and poor visibility at the
Mporokoso-Luwingu junction in
Zambia, killing four and injuring 41.
(Zambia Daily Mail)
A double-decker sightseeing bus collides with a car in
Hamburg,
Germany, leaving eleven injured.
(The Local)
A report into the partial collapse of an
Edinburgh school reveals similar construction errors in nineteen other public buildings in the city.
(Construction Enquirer)
Four people, all British nationals, are killed in a head-on collision with a pick-up truck in the U.S. state of
Florida, according to
Titusville Police Department.
(BBC)
The
WWF describes
Germany's rivers as being in a state "bordering on critical" after it emerges more than 90% do not meet
European Union standards for cleanliness and ecological quality.
(The Local)
RussianMPs call for sanctions against
Latvia in response to plans to make
Latvian mandatory for all students in
secondary schools in the country, which is a quarter ethnic Russians.
(BBC)
On the first anniversary of the attack
Russia's Investigative Committee releases a statement saying they have identified all participants, have eleven suspects in custody, and have almost concluded their investigation.
(The Moscow Times)
A shooting at
YouTube headquarters wounds four. The gunwoman takes her own life.
(The Guardian)
German police defuse a parcel bomb in
Berlin. It is thought to be the fourth device sent by a blackmailer targetting
DHL.
(The Local)
The editor of Citylife Chiang Mai apologises to
Chiang Mai's governor after being threatened with criminal charges for sharing on
Facebook a painting by a student that depicted historic kings in anti-pollution masks.
(The Bangkok Post)