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20 injured, including children in Japan knife attack

Nearly 20 people, including 16 school children were injured after a man went on a stabbing rampage in Kawasaki City, south of Japan's capital Tokyo on Tuesday.

Taliban, Afghan officials to meet in Moscow for peace talks

A delegation of Taliban officials is set to attend a two-day meeting with Afghan politicians in Moscow this week, officials confirmed on Monday, as fighting continues to rage in Afghanistan amid troubled peace talks between the United States and the militants.In a statement, the Taliban said that the group is to attend a conference marking 100 years of diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Russia on May 28, followed by discussions with Afghan politicians about the future of the country on May 29.The 14-member Taliban delegation is led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in what will be his first international trip since being freed from a Pakistani prison last October.Meanwhile, among the Afghan politicians, former President Hamid Karzai and chairman of the High Peace Council (HPC) Mohammad Karim Khalili are expected to participate in Tuesday's meeting that focuses on ending the 18-year long war in Afghanistan.A spokesman for the Afghan president's office told Al Jazeera that the ...

Security forces begin search operation in Pulwama

Security forces started a cordon and search operation in Kareemabad village of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday.

Eight Gambian soldiers jailed over coup plot

A Gambian military court on Monday sentenced seven soldiers to nine years in jail for plotting to overthrow President Adama Barrow, and handed a three-year prison term to another. The sentences relate to events in 2017 after the ouster of strongman Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the tiny West African country with an iron fist for 22 years. The court in Yundum, about 25 kilometres from the capital Banjul, acquitted four other soldiers arrested along with the eight who got jail terms. Tribunal head Colonel Salifu Bojang said two of the 12 soldiers accused had accepted plotting "how to arrest cabinet ministers, the Chief of Defence Staff and battalion commanders of the Gambia Armed Forces." He said the soldiers had also created a WhatsApp group where they planned an attack on the West African Military Force (ECOMIG) stationed in Gambia to help keep order. Gambia has set up a Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, modelled on South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation ...

Unknown gunmen kill civilian in Kupwara

Unknown gunmen shot dead a civilian on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Hundreds of prisoners start fires, wound staff in Ukraine riot

A major riot involving 500 prisoners broke out at a penitentiary in the Ukrainian city of Odessa on Monday with the inmates setting fire to buildings and wounding seven staff members, officials said. Authorities deployed several hundred National Guard troops and police to help put down the riot, an AFP photographer at the scene said. The violence broke out at the facility in the Black Sea port city as authorities planned to move several convicts to a different prison, officials said, adding that the situation was now under control. Prisoners "attacked and wounded seven employees" and set alight a fire engine and several areas including the prison library, Ukraine's prison service said. Ruslan Forostyak, a regional police spokesman, told AFP that the rioters barricaded themselves inside their living quarters. The country's rights ombudswoman, Lyudmyla Denisova, said the rioters also took three medics and three guards hostage, but later said on Facebook,"they have been freed". "The ...

Rs 65 lakh looted from milk company staffers, 2 held

In a daylight heist, Rs 65 lakh was looted from two milk company employees at gunpoint by five men in Greater Noida on Friday when they were en route a bank to deposit the money, police said. Two of the accused have been arrested over the incident that took place in the Jarcha police station area in the afternoon, the police said. "The assailants intercepted the car along the NTPC road and overpowered the milk company's cashier and car driver at gunpoint. They were carrying Rs 65 lakh in the car to deposit it in a bank in Ghaziabad," Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna said. He said the accused then took control of the car and fled with the money. A local police outpost was alerted and a barricade was put on the road at some distance to force the speeding to stop. The car halted after crashing with the barricade, the SSP said. "They immediately left the damaged car at the barricading, and fled in another car, after getting into it by intimidating the ..

NIA court convicts four members of Bodo insurgent group for 2014 attack in Kokrajhar

Four members of Bodo insurgent group NDFB(S) were convicted by a special NIA court in Guwahati Monday for a terror attack in Assam's Kokrajhar district in 2014 in which five tribals were killed, officials said. Bina Basumatary, Jayanta Mushahary, Dwithai Basumatary and Khanda Daimary were sentenced to five years imprisonment and a fine was imposed on each of them, an NIA spokesperson said here. "?The case pertains to the terrorist attack on 23.12.2014 by NDFB(S) cadres upon innocent people of Pakiriguri village under Serfanguri Police Station in Kokrajhar district of Assam, in which five adivasis were killed and another five sustained grievous injuries due to indiscriminate firing by the terrorist group," he said. He said one of the accused Gautam Mahalia had earlier pleaded guilty in April 2019. "He was sentenced to 4.5 years. Trial against 10 other accused persons who are in judicial custody will continue," the spokesperson said.

Armed miscreants loot Rs 60 lakh

Armed miscreants looted Rs 60 lakh from two persons near the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) here on Monday, a senior police officer said. The two persons, staff of rice businessman were on their way to deposit the money in a bank branch when six miscreants riding three bikes snatched the money from them at gun point, City Superintendent of Police (East) Rajendra Kumar Bheel told PTI. The miscreants looted the money and fled from the spot, the SP said, adding police are conducting raids to nab the culprits.

Maoist activists arrested in Nepal as nationwide strike disrupts life

Several Maoist activists were arrested in Nepal as a general strike called by an outlawed communist group on Monday disrupted normal life in the country, a day after a series of explosions rocked the capital Kathmandu, killing at least four people. Educational institutions and business establishments remained shut in major cities while traffic was thin due to the strike called by the Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav)-led Communist Party of Nepal to protest against the killing of its cadre during an encounter a couple of months ago. Just a day ahead of the nationwide strike, a series of bombs exploded at different parts of the capital city, killing four people and injuring seven others. Police said they suspect that the outlawed group that once split from the ruling Communist Party was responsible for the blasts as its members have been protesting the arrests of their supporters. The bombings were the deadliest since the government imposed a ban on the activities of Chand-led outfit on March

Rohingya killings: Myanmar frees jailed soldiers early

Myanmar has granted an early release to seven soldiers, jailed for killing 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown.

Holocaust survivors' portraits vandalized in Austria

Portraits of Holocaust survivors that were on display as part of a public exhibition in Austria's capital have been vandalized and covered in swastikas, authorities said on Monday.

Begusarai: 3 injured in firing, probe launched to nab miscreants

Three people were injured in separate incidents of firing in Begusarai district of Bihar on Sunday.According to the police, two people, identified as Manish and Sunil Kumar, were shot at by assailants in Dularua Dham area which falls under Phulwaria police station jurisdiction when they were en route to their home after attending an event in a nearby village.As per the police, the firing in Phulwaria took place over distribution of booty which was looted from a train.The condition of both the victims is serious, the police stated.In the second incident, a trader, identified as Mohammed Kasim, was returning home after collecting money when he was shot by a criminal named Rajiv Yadav at Cheria Bariyarpur chawk in the district.All three victims are undergoing treatment in different hospitals.The police have launched an operation to nab the accused.

Four dead in post-election riot in Indonesia's Papua

A 16-year-old boy was one of at least four people shot dead by police during a riot triggered by dissatisfaction over the election result in the restive province of Papua, an official said. More than 300 supporters of a legislative candidate who claimed he should have won the seat in the local council attacked a district office in Asmat district. The candidate, who was not identified, claimed based on the votes he should have won a seat in the city council but his name was replaced with another candidate's name. The protesters, armed with sharp weapons, damaged the district office, local military spokesman Muhammad Aidi said. Four soldiers guarding a nearby military post tried to control the protesters but were outnumbered, and one of the officers tried to control the mob by opening fire into the air, Aidi said. "The mob became even more brutal and attacked the officer, in a such threatening situation another officer was forced to open fire and retreat to the post to save themselves,"

World Cup organisers happy with security amid 'moderate' threat

Britain may be dealing with a national threat level of "severe" but officials are confident they have the security measures in place for a Cricket World Cup in England and Wales rated a "moderate" security risk. Recent terror attacks in cricket playing nations have heightened safety concerns regarding the World Cup, which features 48 one-day international matches in 46 days starting with tournament hosts England against South Africa on Thursday. In March, 51 worshippers were shot dead in mosque attacks in the New Zealand city of Christchurch while more than 250 people died in Sri Lanka as a result of suicide bombings on Easter Sunday. "When those incidents happened so close to the tournament, quite understandably that did cause some nervousness," Jill McCracken, the World Cup safety and security director, told reporters at the Oval on Monday. Public events in Britain have not been immune from terror incidents in recent years, with 23 people killed in a suicide bomb attack after a ...

Villagers kill Ebola health worker in eastern DR Congo

Villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed a health worker engaged in the fight against a major Ebola outbreak and looted a treatment centre, according to an official report seen Monday by AFP. "Part of the population of Vusahiro village, in the health sector of Mabalako (North Kivu province), rose up and attacked the local team fighting back against Ebola," said the daily health ministry bulletin dated Sunday. It said the incident happened on Saturday. "A hygiene agent in the team for the prevention and control of infections died of his injuries during his transfer to the hospital," health authorities said in the bulletin. "The health centre in Vusahiro was trashed and looted and three village houses were burned down," the bulletin added. In a separate incident, the triage centre at Valumba in the Butembo health sector, was vandalised overnight Saturday to Sunday, the report said. The Ebola outbreak declared in eastern DR Congo last August has killed more than 1,200 ...

Criminals loot Rs 17 lakh in Jharkhand

Unidentified criminals looted more than Rs 17 lakh in incidents in Ranchi and Dhanbad districts in Jharkhand on Monday, police said.

Sri Lanka urges envoys to help lift travel advisories

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, here on Monday, urged foreign envoys to help his government in removing travel restrictions imposed on tourists following the Easter Sunday attacks, which claimed over 250 lives and left hundreds others injured.

3 injured in powerful blast claimed by Islamic State in Bangladesh

A police officer and two others were injured in a powerful blast claimed by the Islamic State in Bangladesh's capital. The explosives that lead to the blast in a police pick-up van in Dhaka's Malibagh on Sunday night might have been planted, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said on Monday. "We think it (the explosive) was kept in the car and not hurled at the police," he said while talking to reporters after visiting the injured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. "Based on primary investigation, we think it was an improvised bomb, but it was more powerful than the usual ones used here," he said. An assistant sub-inspector and two others were injured in the explosion. He said police have yet to identify the culprits. Meanwhile, US-based SITE Intelligence Group said that IS has claimed responsibility for the blast targeting the police van in Dhaka. Terming the incident as an act to spread fear, the DMP chief said: "If they (the attackers) wanted, they could ..

Officials: Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, 4 police Officials

A roadside bombing claimed by the Taliban killed 10 Afghan soldiers in the country's west while insurgent attacks on security checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed four policemen, local officials said Monday. The soldiers were driving back to base after picking up their salaries in the country's western Farah province. They were travelling in a Humvee when the explosion took place on Sunday afternoon in the Bala Buluk district, said Shah Mahmmod Nahimi, a provincial councilman. "The blast was so intense that no one in the Humvee survived," he added. Elsewhere, the Taliban targeted several checkpoints in northern Sari Pul province on Sunday night, killing four members of the security forces and wounding 22, said Zabiullah Amani, the provincial governor's spokesman. The attacks took place on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Sari Pul and triggered gunbattles that lasted for hours, he said, adding that 15 Taliban fighters were also killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility