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| Two Myanmar men go on trial for murder of British tourists |
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 By Amy Sawitta Lefevre KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Reuters) - Two Myanmar men accused of murdering two British holidaymakers in Thailand went on trial on Wednesday in a case that caused outrage in Britain and raised questions about the competence of the Thai police and the treatment of migrant labourers. British tourists David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, were murdered last year on Koh Tao, or Turtle Island, a popular tourist destination in southern Thailand.
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| Afghan delegation meeting Taliban in Pakistan |
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 By Hamid Shalizi, Kay Johnson and Mirwais Harooni KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A delegation from Afghanistan's president is meeting representatives of the Taliban in the Pakistani capital, officials said, in the first publicly acknowledged talks with the insurgents fighting to topple the government in Kabul. The tentative step toward full peace negotiations aimed at ending more than 13 years of war is being observed by U.S. and Chinese officials, according to Qazi Khalilullah, a spokesman for Pakistan's foreign ministry. Word of Tuesday's talks came hours after suspected Taliban suicide bomb attacks in the Afghan capital struck a convoy of foreign troops and a compound of the country's intelligence agency.
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| China's parliament publishes draft cybersecurity law |
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 BEIJING (Reuters) - China's parliament has published on its website a draft cybersecurity law dated Monday, laying out guidelines for improving an area viewed as a national security priority under President Xi Jinping's administration. (Reporting by Gerry Shih)
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| Lawyer for Malaysia's Najib says instructed to consider action on WSJ |
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 A law firm representing Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Wednesday that it has been instructed to consider action against the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) if there is evidence of conspiracy against him. Najib has denied taking any money from 1MDB or any other entity for personal gain. Reuters has not independently verified the WSJ report.
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| Al Shabaab gunmen kill 14 in night attack on Kenyan workers |
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 By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Al Shabaab gunmen killed 14 people, mostly quarry workers, in an overnight attack on a residential complex in northeast Kenya, officials said on Tuesday. The Islamist militant group said it had targeted Christians. Many died in their sleep, the Kenya Red Cross said.
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| Bill Cosby's moralising comes back to haunt him |
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 By Edward McAllister and Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Cosby's forthright views on black parenting came back to haunt him this week when a U.S. judge called the comedian a "public moralist" who had lost the right of personal privacy in a 2005 civil sexual assault case. The career of the once beloved comedian from TV's "The Cosby Show" is in tatters after more than 40 women came forward in the past year to accuse him of drugging and sexually assaulting them in incidents dating back decades. Recordings of speeches from the 2000s reveal different sides of Cosby: the comedian, the avuncular father figure, the fierce moralist.
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