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| At least 12 killed, 52 wounded in attack on Pakistan court - rescue official | | | At least 12 people were killed and 52 wounded when two bomb blasts were detonated outside a district court in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, a rescue official said. "So far we recovered 12 bodies of the lawyers, police personnel and civilians. |
| Japan exhibition puts child prostitution in the limelight | | | The testimonial was part of an exhibit, including photos and artwork, in the Japanese capital that sheds light on an underground industry known as "enjo kosai", or compensated dating, where men pay girls for dates that often lead to sex. Japanese men's fascination with high-school girls fuels demand for such services, and exhibit organiser Yumeno Nito said many people have the wrong idea about the girls themselves. "There is a notion the girls are guilty because they willingly sold their bodies," she said, adding that the phrase "compensated dating" was unique to Japan. |
| Brazil's Temer says decision for Rousseff to keep political rights a "small" embarrassment | |  By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Brazil's newly-installed president Michel Temer said the Senate's decision to allow former president Dilma Rousseff to maintain her political rights was a "small" embarrassment, and played down its significance to the stability of his government. Temer was speaking on the sidelines of a business summit in Shanghai, after arriving in China on Friday to attend the G20 leaders' meeting in Hangzhou, his first global event after this week's impeachment of his predecessor, Rousseff. "From the beginning I have always said I would wait respectfully for the Senate decision.
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| Militants attack Christian area in Pakistan, one guard dead - army | |  By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least four suicide bombers attacked a Christian neighbourhood in northwestern Pakistan early on Friday, killing at least one security guard, the military said. Authorities "promptly responded" and all four attackers were dead, army spokesman Lt. General Asim Bajwa said in a message on social network Twitter. In a separate statement, the military's information wing said one security guard of the Christian residential area was killed at the start of the attack, at 5:30 a.m. The area is near Warsak Dam, in the Khyber tribal region 20 km (12 miles) northwest of the city of Peshawar, an official at the scene told Reuters.
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| Police probing JonBenet Ramsey murder won't give up on solving case | |  By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Police investigating the slaying of Colorado child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey declined on Thursday to address the media hype surrounding the 20th anniversary of one of the most sensational unsolved murders in the annals of American crime. Boulder Police Chief Greg Testa said in an unusual videotaped message that his department will not participate in a flurry of television specials, documentaries and news articles slated to run between now and December. The 6-year-old girl's bludgeoned and strangled body was found by her father in the basement of her family's Boulder home on December 26, 1996, a day after her parents reported the child missing and a ransom note left in the house.
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| Philippines wants mandatory drug tests for college admissions | | | By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is stepping up President Rodrigo Duterte's battle on drugs with incoming college freshmen set to face tests for illegal drug use from next year, an education official said on Friday. A wave of 2,400 killings unleashed in a war on drugs since Duterte came to power two months ago has gained popular support in the Southeast Asian nation, but has alarmed the United Nations and the United States, Manila's close ally. The government seeks to make drug testing a requirement for all incoming college students, said Julito Vitriolo, the executive director of the Commission on Higher Education. |
| Peru sentences soldiers to jail for 1985 massacre | | | A Peruvian court on Thursday sentenced former army officers and soldiers to jail for killing dozens of peasants in an Andean village 31 years ago during the height of a conflict between the government and Shining Path rebels. In so-called Accomarca massacre in August 1985, 71 villagers died, including 23 children. Soldiers stormed the town near Ayacucho in search of subversive material but found no ammunition, explosives or Shining Path propaganda, according to Peru's truth commission. |
| Turkey removes about 8,000 security personnel in latest purge | |  Turkish authorities have removed about 8,000 security personnel from duty, the government's official gazette said on Friday, the latest purge of people suspected of having links to those behind a failed coup in July.
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| Pakistani man sentenced in U.S. for trying to export military equipment | | | A Pakistani man was sentenced on Thursday to 33 months in a U.S. prison for attempting to export military equipment for the Pakistani military without a license, the U.S. Justice Department said. Syed Vaqar Ashraf had previously pleaded guilty to trying to procure gyroscopes and illegally ship them to Pakistan so they could be used by the Pakistani military, the Justice Department said in a news release. |
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