SECUlAR B’DESH BlOGGER’S MURDER: 5 CHARGED
Dhaka: Five Islamist militants were on Wednesday charged for the grisly murder of a 27-year-old secular Bangladeshi blogger, who was hacked to death by machete- wielding assailants in broad daylight here last year.
3 FRENCH SOlDIERS KIllED WHIlE ON DUTY IN lIBYA
Paris: France’s defense minister says three French soldiers have been killed in libya where France has special forces operating. In a statement on Wednesday, Defence Minister Jean-Yves le Drian says he “deplores the loss of three soldiers” on duty there, without elaborating.
BEIJING POlICIES DRIVING CHINESE MUSlIMS TO ISIS
Beijing: Tough religious restrictions on Muslim minorities in China’s far west may have driven more than 100 to join the ISIS group, a US think tank said on Wednesday.
‘AXE ATTACKER ON GERMAN TRAIN ACTED AlONE’
Berlin: A 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who went on a rampage on a Bavarian train with an ax and a knife appears to have acted alone, goaded on by online Islamic extremist propaganda, Germany’s top security official said on Wednesday.
HEAVY RAIN IN CHINESE CITIES: 13 DIE, 34 MISSING
Beijing: At least 13 people have been killed and 34 others remain missing as a fresh bout of heavy rain lashed Beijing and a number of provinces in China, prompting officials to issue storm alerts and warnings of geological disasters like landslides.
PAK TO PASS lAW AGAINST HONOUR KIllINGS IN WEEKS
Islamabad: Pakistan’s ruling party plans to pass long-delayed legislation against “honour killings” within weeks in the wake of the high-profile murder of an outspoken social media star, the daughter of PM Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday.