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| Four children stabbed to death in southern China - state media |
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - A man killed four primary school students on Friday in the southern region of Guangxi, state media said, in the latest of a series of knife attacks that have unnerved the country. Police have launched a manhunt for the assailant, a middle-aged man, state news agency Xinhua said, citing the public security bureau in Lingshan county in the Guangxi region. Xinhua did not give details for the man's motive. The man attacked the children as they were on their way to school, Xinhua said. Three of them died at the scene and one died later at a nearby hospital. ... |
| Australia defence chief apologises after race-based assault claim withdrawn |
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| SYDNEY (Reuters) - The head of Australia's Defence Force apologised on Friday after an officer withdraw allegations he had been attacked by two men "of Middle Eastern appearance", allegations that had fuelled tensions during a crackdown by counter-terrorism authorities. The officer had claimed he was approached on Thursday by two men who assaulted him, causing minor bruising, according to police. But Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin said the 41-year-old officer had withdrawn his claim on Friday, without giving further details. ... |
| Islamic State 'brand' gains ground among Asian militants |
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 By Rosemarie Francisco and Stuart Grudgings MANILA (Reuters) - A threat by Philippine militants to kill a German hostage in a show of solidarity with Islamic State is the latest sign that the Middle East group's brand of radicalism is winning recruits in Asia and posing a growing security risk in the region. Over 100 people from Southeast Asia's Muslim majority countries of Indonesia and Malaysia and the southern Philippine region are believed by security officials and analysts to have gone to join Islamic State's fight in Iraq and Syria. ...
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| Indonesia's parliament puts an end to direct regional elections |
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 By Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament on Friday approved legislation ending direct elections for governors and mayors, a move president-elect Joko Widodo criticised as a "big step back" for the country. Indonesia introduced direct elections for regional leaders in 2005, allowing for a new breed of politician to emerge that were not linked to the political elite, with Widodo being the best-known example. But direct elections in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy and the world's third largest democracy, have also proven to be costly and in many cases corrupt. ...
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| Iraqi PM says Islamic State plans subway attacks in U.S. and Paris |
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 By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iraq has "credible" intelligence that Islamic State militants plan to attack subway systems in Paris and the United States, the prime minister said on Thursday, but U.S. and French officials said they had no evidence to back up his claims. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's comments were met with surprise by security, intelligence and transit officials in both countries. New York's leaders scrambled to ride the subway to reassure the public that the nation's largest city was safe. ...
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| Hackers exploit 'Shellshock' bug with worms in early attacks |
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 By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have begun exploiting the newly identified "Shellshock" computer bug, using fast-moving worm viruses to scan for vulnerable systems and then infect them, researchers warned on Thursday. "Shellshock" is the first major Internet threat to emerge since the discovery in April of "Heartbleed," which affected encryption software used in about two-thirds of all web servers, along with hundreds of technology products. ...
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