49 dead in Syria regime raid in Idlib province
Beirut: At least 49 civilians, including six children, were killed in Syrian Government airstrikes on a town in Idlib province in the country’s northwest, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the raids hit a square in the town of Al-Janudiyah which is now almost completely controlled by opposition forces.
Washington Post’s Iran spy trial resumes
Tehran: The trial of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian on charges of spying on Iran resumed behind closed doors in Tehran on Monday, a news agency linked to the judiciary reported. MizanOnline gave no details of the new hearing before Branch 15 of the Tehran revolutionary court.
Muslim woman attacked over headscarf in UK
london: In a “racist” attack, a group of women in london allegedly abused, punched and kicked a Muslim woman for wearing a headscarf. Police are investigating the incident in which a group of women allegedly ripped off the Muslim mother’s hijab when she went to collect her children from a school in london.
Boko Haram fight HQ shifting to Maiduguri
Abuja: Nigeria’s military on Monday said it had begun shifting the command centre for its battle against Boko Haram from the capital to Maiduguri in the northeast, following a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari announced the move on May 29, saying the Islamist insurgents would not be defeated until military command and control was transferred to the city at the heart of the uprising.
Journo held over b’desh blogger’s killing
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi photojournalist has been arrested over his alleged role in the murder of an “atheist” blogger who was hacked to death last month by masked machete- wielding assailants, police said. “A team of CID (criminal investigation department) arrested him as a suspect,” Additional police commissioner of northeastern Sylhet said.