Government authorities in North Korea have banned 10 films formerly approved by the state and produced at government expense, fearing that the movies’ themes may inspire popular discontent with the rule of national leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean sources say. Many of the films had been in circulation for years, and had already been […]
On Wednesday, in Aden, Yemen, a suicide bomber killed by varying reports from three to five policemen and injured as many as six others. No militant group claimed responsibility. Two days earlier at Mukalla, Yemen, as many as ten people were reported killed in two car explosions near two army check posts. A local al-Qaeda […]
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has said Turkey will suspend its duty to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights during the current three-month state of emergency following an abortive coup last week. Kurtulmus said the step was being taken “just like France has done under Article 15 of the convention,” which allows signatory […]
A car carrying gas cylinders has driven into the underground car park of a Sydney police station in a suspected terror attack. One person has been taken into custody. Officers from Police Rescue and the Bomb Disposal Unit are currently examining the car, which is believed to have been filled with gas bottles that did […]
An international rights group called on the Myanmar government on Wednesday to immediately relocate a sulfuric acid factory situated close to a village, which continues to operate despite serious concerns about its health and environmental effects. London-based Amnesty International said residents of Kankone village, Salingyi township, in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region, told the group in […]
The Turkish government has banned all academics from foreign travel as part of wide-ranging restrictions put in place in Turkey following a failed military coup on July 15. Turkey’s High Board of Education made the announcement on July 20 and said the ban would be in place “until further notice.” The announcement comes one day […]
Bangladeshi forces on Monday announced a financial reward for any militant who chooses to return to normal life and provide information about other terrorists. Days after the Dhaka cafe siege and the terror attack on the Eid gathering, Bangladesh’s elite anti-crime force conducted a search in the city of Bogra to locate militant training camps […]
Turkey has revoked the licenses of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions, an Education Ministry official told Reuters. It’s the latest in a string of crackdowns on workers allegedly tied to the exiled cleric blamed for last week’s coup attempt. “The licenses of 21,000 teachers working in privately-run institutions have been cancelled. Tip-offs that these […]
