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| Russia's Putin: I have no idea who hacked U.S. Democratic Party - BBG | |  Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not know who was behind the hacking of U.S. Democratic Party organizations but it was important the information had been made public, Bloomberg news agency reported on Friday. In an interview two days before a G20 meeting in China with U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders, Putin said it could be impossible to establish who engineered the release of sensitive Democratic Party emails but it was not done by the Russian government. "Does it even matter who hacked this data?" Putin said.
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| Bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens at Pakistan court | |  By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan, a rescue official said, hours after militants from a Pakistani Taliban faction attacked a Christian neighbourhood in the same region. The bodies of lawyers, policemen and civilians were recovered from the blast site, said Haris Habib, chief rescue officer in the city of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. More than 20 people were killed in an attack in December on a government office in Mardan, which was later claimed by Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban.
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| Turkey removes more than 10,000 security personnel, academics in purge | |  Turkish authorities have suspended about 8,000 security personnel and more than 2,000 academics, adding to a purge of people suspected of having links to perpetrators of a failed coup, the Official Gazette said on Friday. Since the coup attempt in mid-July, in which rogue soldiers tried to topple President Tayyip Erdogan's government, Turkey has removed 80,000 people from public duty and arrested many of them, accusing them of sympathising with the plotters. Of the security personnel removed in the latest purge, 323 were members of the gendarmerie and the rest police, according to the Official Gazette, in which the government publishes new laws and orders.
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| Sturgeon announces new Scottish independence drive after "seismic" Brexit | |  Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, launches a new independence drive on Friday, asking supporters to engage in the country's "biggest ever political listening exercise" so she can gauge support for a fresh referendum. The head of Scotland's devolved government will say that "seismic changes" after Britain's vote to leave the European Union and the prospect of a long period of Conservative rule in Britain's national parliament mean that a new debate on Scotland's future is necessary. "To ensure that the voice of everyone in Scotland is heard in these changed times, I am today launching Scotland's biggest ever political listening exercise," Sturgeon will tell SNP lawmakers in Stirling, according to a statement.
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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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| 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. |
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