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| Pakistan arrests al Qaeda operative named in U.N. sanctions list - police |
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| By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI (Reuters) - Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi have arrested an al Qaeda operative who is on the United Nations sanctions list, a police official said on Friday. Pakistan has been under pressure to crack down on Islamist militant groups and launched a renewed operation against many of them in 2014, when al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri announced the formation of a new wing, al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent. The region, stretching across countries including Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, is home to more than 400 million Muslims. |
| Kenyan president signs anti-doping bill into law |
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 By Isaack Omulo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law on Friday an anti-doping bill required to avoid a ban from the Rio Olympics for a nation famed for its runners but tainted by a spate of doping cases in recent years. The athletics world has been in turmoil since the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a report in November citing widespread use of doping in the sport. Flanked by senior government officials and sportsmen and women, Kenyatta was shown signing the bill into law in a video released by the president's office.
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| Supreme Court to hear cases challenging tobacco pack warnings on Monday |
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 India's Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear petitions filed by the $11 billion tobacco industry against the government's stringent package warning rules next week, when it will also review other similar cases filed in recent years. The legal battle comes amid growing conflict between the government and the tobacco industry, that has sought to delay rules that from April 1 require 85 percent of a cigarette pack's surface to be covered in health warnings, up from 20 percent. The Supreme Court said it will hear the case on Monday.
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| U.N. rights chief urges Thailand to roll back military's powers |
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 The top U.N. human rights official called on Thailand on Friday to suspend "dangerously sweeping" powers handed to the military and he encouraged dialogue on a draft constitution the military hopes will win approval in an August referendum. The military has ruled since a May 2014 coup and has banned political gatherings, censored media and tried dissenters in military courts. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement extending the military's powers was not the answer to "rebuilding Thailand's political landscape".
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| Indonesia defends use of death penalty for drug trafficking |
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| By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday defended its use of the death penalty for drug traffickers, just days after its representative was jeered at a U.N. narcotics conference, citing a steep rise in demand and consumption in Southeast Asia's most populous country. Indonesia has faced widespread international criticism for its use of capital punishment, most recently for the high-profile executions of foreign drug traffickers, despite repeated pleas for mercy from governments and international activists. "Indonesia and like-minded countries ... face diverse challenges in handling drugs and the death penalty is one of the options based on sovereignty of the law in each country," the foreign ministry said in a statement. |
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