UN: US ban on Myanmar army chief not enough
Kuala Lumpur: A US travel ban on Myanmar’s army chief and three other top officers for their role in orchestrating a crackdown against Rohingya Muslims does not go far enough, a UN rights investigator said on Thursday.
15 killed in Turkey bus accident
Ankara: A minibus carrying illegal immigrants overturned in Turkey’s Van province on Thursday, killing at least 15 and injuring over 20 others, officials said. The accident occurred at 12 pm local time (0900 GMT) on the highway from the provincial capital of Van to Ozalp district when the driver lost control of the steering wheel and plunged the vehicle into a roadside ditch, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Militants attack police HQ in Kandahar
Kabul: A group of heavily armed Taliban militants attacked the police headquarters in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday with a car bomb explosion at its gate and then started firing at security forces, officials said.
ISIS attacks kill 6 in Egypt’s North Sinai
Cairo: A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group in North Sinai killed two people including a civilian on Thursday, a day after the extremists beheaded four people there, medical and security sources said. The bombing hit security forces stationed near a parking lot in the city of Sheikh Zuweid, the sources told AFP.