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| Eight gunmen killed as Taliban attack Pakistan air force base | |  By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani Air Force base in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar early on Friday, a military spokesman said, the first major attack on a military installation in several weeks. A group of militants attacked a guard post and tried to force their way into the Badaber air base, Major General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter. "The Quick Response Force of the Pakistan army immediately responded and killed six terrorists before they could enter," he said.
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| China says U.S. has repatriated wanted economic fugitive | | | By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States has repatriated one of China's most wanted economic fugitives, the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said on Friday, signalling that Washington is cooperating with Beijing in China's corruption crackdown. The repatriation of Yang Jinjun marked the first time that China has succeeded in getting a person back from the United States since Beijing published a list of 100 wanted economic fugitives in April, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said. |
| FIFA suspends number-two official after ticket allegations | |  By Mark Hosenball and Mica Rosenberg ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - World football body FIFA put Jerome Valcke, its second-ranking official, on leave on Thursday just hours after an ex-footballer raised allegations he was involved in a plan to resell 2014 World Cup tickets for a lucrative profit. FIFA, which has been rocked by Swiss and U.S. corruption investigations, said in a statement it was made aware of allegations involving Valcke and had requested a formal investigation by the FIFA ethics committee. The swift action against his second-in-command is another major blow for FIFA President Sepp Blatter as questions about corruption during his 17-year reign build.
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| India's dream of borderless trade grinds to a halt at checkpoints | |  By Sandhya Ravishankar and Rajesh Kumar Singh WALAYAR/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) - At the Walayar checkpoint in southern India, lines of idle trucks stretch as far as the eye can see in both directions along the tree-lined interstate highway, waiting for clearance from tax inspectors that can take days to complete. Delays are so bad that textile entrepreneur D Bala Sundaram has stopped sending his trucks to the international container terminal at nearby Cochin, instead diverting them hundreds of kilometres to a smaller regional port and onwards via Sri Lanka. "Our containers would get stuck for four to five days," said Sundaram, who runs a firm with an annual turnover of $150 million.
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| Japan ruling bloc makes final push on security bills despite protests | | | By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government began a final push on Friday to enact contentious defence legislation that could let its troops fight overseas for the first time since World War Two, despite public protests and delaying tactics by the opposition. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the policy shift, which would mark the biggest change in defence policy since the creation of Japan's post-war military in 1954, is vital to meet new challenges such as from a rising China. Japan's ally the United States has welcomed the shift but the bills have sparked massive protests from ordinary citizens and other critics who say they violate the pacifist constitution and could ensnare Japan in U.S.-led conflicts. |
| Man crashes car through gate at Waco, Texas, airport, tries to steal jet | | | A man with a history of mental health issues crashed his vehicle through the security gate of a runway at Waco Regional Airport on Thursday and tried to steal a Learjet, police said. The unidentified man was armed with a stick and believed to be under the influence of narcotics when he tried to remove the tire chocks from around the landing gear and board the jet belonging to a local business, Waco Police said in a statement. The central Texas airport also offers American Airlines flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. An off-duty officer working airport security approached the man, who put up a struggle despite being stunned several times with a Taser, according to police.The suspect was eventually restrained with the help of airline employees and taken to a nearby hospital for a mental health evaluation. |
| UK PM Cameron rules out second Scottish independence vote | |  Scotland must move on from its failed bid for independence, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday, using the first anniversary of an historic referendum to rule out holding another vote on the issue. The Scottish National Party (SNP) has seen a surge in support since Scots voted 55-45 percent to reject independence in September last year, winning 56 of Scotland's 59 seats in the Westminster parliament at May's election. Last week SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said the party would include triggers for a second referendum in its manifesto for Scottish elections in May 2016.
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| Hague court to rule in Lebanon witness intimidation case | | | An international court in The Hague rules on Friday on whether a Lebanese reporter and her TV station jeopardised the case against the killers of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri by exposing alleged witnesses to his assassination. Defenders of journalist Karma Khayat say the charges raise questions about free speech and have accused the tribunal of seeking to intimidate the free press in order to prevent it from holding public institutions to account. Khayat and Al-Jadeed, her TV station, deny wrongdoing, saying they blurred out faces and distorted voices in a series of broadcasts in 2012 which they said examined whether the Special Tribunal for Lebanon was wasting public money. |
| Iraqi militia leader condemns Turks' abduction, but slams Ankara policy | | | The head of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, one of Iraq's fiercest Shi'ite militias, on Thursday denounced the abduction of 18 Turkish workers in Baghdad earlier this month but condemned Turkey as Iraq's biggest enemy. The Turkish captives appeared in a video days after their abduction, apparently held by an armed group that used a familiar Shi'ite Muslim slogan and threatened to attack Turkish interests in Iraq if its demands were not met. Iraqi security forces investigating the Turks' abduction raided the Baghdad headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah, another Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia, but without result. |
| Senate report 'proves Lithuania hosted CIA jail' - detainee's lawyers | | | By Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate report on CIA interrogations proves beyond doubt that Lithuania knowingly hosted one of the agency's secret detention facilities, lawyers for an ex-detainee told the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday. Saudi-born Abu Zubaydah is asking the Strasbourg-based court to rule that NATO member Lithuania was part of a network of U.S. allies which agreed to host CIA "black sites" around the world where al Qaeda suspects were held and tortured. |
| Somali-American pleads guilty in Minneapolis to trying to help Islamic State | | | A Somali-American man from Minnesota pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to provide support to Islamic State militants, the second young adult in a week to do so in connection with a federal probe into the group's recruiting, prosecutors said. Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman, 20, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. The guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Michael Davis follows that of his friend and fellow defendant Hanad Musse, 19, last week in Minneapolis. |
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