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| Senior Hamas official says group abducted Israeli teens | | | By Noah Browning RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) - A top Hamas official said members of his militant group kidnapped three Israeli teenagers whose deaths in June provoked a spiral of violence that led to the ongoing war in Gaza, the first acknowledgement of the movement's involvement. Speaking at a conference in Istanbul, Saleh al-Arouri, a Hamas official from the West Bank who lives in exile in Turkey, appeared to confirm Israeli allegations that the Islamist group was behind the teenagers' abduction. "The popular will was exercised throughout our occupied land, and culminated in the heroic operation by the Qassam Brigades in imprisoning the three settlers in Hebron," he said, referring to Hamas's armed wing. Hamas officials have up to now refused to confirm or deny any involvement. |
| Violence, threats, prompt more Muslim women in Britain to wear a veil | |  By Belinda Goldsmith and Olivia Harris LONDON (Reuters) - When youth worker Sumreen Farooq was abused in a London street, the 18-year-old decided it was time to take a stand - and she started to wear a headscarf. Farooq is one of many young Muslim women living in Britain who have, for various reasons, chosen to adopt the headscarf to declare their faith to all around them, despite figures showing rising violence against visibly identifiable Muslims. For despite a common view that young Muslim women are forced to wear veils by men or their families, studies and interviews point to the opposite in Muslim minority countries where it is often the case that the women themselves choose to cover up. "I'm going to stand out whatever I do, so I might as well wear the headscarf," said Farooq, a shop assistant who also volunteers at an Islamic youth centre in Leyton, east London.
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| Pakistani government, protest leaders discuss way out of impasse | |  By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Leaders of Pakistani protesters trying to bring down Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif were talking with the government on Thursday on a way out of an impasse that has raised fears for the nuclear-armed country's political stability. Former cricket star Imran Khan and cleric Tahir ul-Qadri, who controls a network of Islamic schools and hospitals, have been leading protests in the capital, Islamabad, since last Friday. The protests have raised concern about stability in the country of 180 million people, at a time when the government is battling a Taliban insurgency and NATO troops are withdrawing from neighbouring Afghanistan. Some ruling party officials have accused elements within the military of orchestrating the protests to weaken the civilian government.
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| U.S. forces tried but failed to rescue U.S. hostages in Syria | |  The mission, authorised by President Barack Obama based on U.S. Syria's government on Thursday denied any such operation had taken place inside its territory, though it does not control large areas where Islamic State operates.
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| China tries five cult members for McDonald's murder | | | China tried five members of a banned religious group on Thursday for the murder of a woman who was beaten to death at a McDonald's restaurant after she refused to give them her telephone number when they apparently tried to recruit her. China has sentenced dozens of followers of Quannengshen, or the Church of Almighty God, since the murder of the woman in May in the eastern province of Shandong.. One man and four women were charged with murder and with illegal cult activities, according to the court in Shandong's Yantai city. "The facts are clear and there is plenty of evidence," Gao Cheng, the lawyer for the murdered woman's family, was quoted as saying by the People's Daily on its website. The trial, lasting just a single day as is common in China, ended by late afternoon with the court saying a verdict would be announced at a later date. |
| Jackie Chan takes "bow of apology" after son busted for drugs | |  Kungfu movie star Jackie Chan offered the public a "deep bow of apology" after his son, actor, singer and socialite Jaycee, was arrested in Beijing for drug use. Jackie Chan, 60, served as a goodwill spokesman for the China National Anti-Drug Committee in 2009, promoting anti-drug education. Jaycee, 32, was arrested on Monday after police found 100 grams of marijuana in his apartment, they said. "Along with Jaycee, I want to take a deep bow of apology to the public." The younger Chan is the latest celebrity caught up in a campaign against drugs in China, which has vowed to purge the country's elite of decadence and other social vices.
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| Philippine Muslim rebels take crucial step on path to pact | |  The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group has taken a crucial step in ending decades of conflict, formally submitting to the president a final proposal for self-rule that both it and the government have agreed on, a presidential adviser said. The two sides signed a deal in March to end nearly five decades of conflict on the resource-rich southern island of Mindanao but hopes for peace were thrown into doubt this month when the rebels accused the government of reneging on the pact. Big companies such as food processor Del Monte Pacific Limited, which has a pineapple plantation in Mindanao, said they were considering expanding operations after the deal but most have held back pending evidence of real peace.
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| U.S. regulator alleges Dr. Reddy's breached packaging rules | |  Export-focused drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd said it was in talks with a U.S. The company said any unfavourable outcome could result in "significant liabilities" and added that it disagreed with the allegations.
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