Syria conflict: 'Families leave' besieged Aleppo
Dozens of families are leaving besieged eastern areas of the city of Aleppo along a humanitarian corridor, Syrian state media says.
The civilians later boarded buses where they were taken to temporary shelters, state news agency Sana said.
Some rebel forces had also surrendered to government forces, the report said.
Russia, an ally of the Syrian government, announced earlier this week that exit corridors would be opened in Aleppo for civilians and rebels.
The move was welcomed cautiously by the UN, the US and some aid agencies.
The US has suggested the plan may be an attempt to force the evacuation of civilians and the surrender of rebel groups in the city.
Turkey president Erdoğan to drop cases of insult in coup aftermath
President makes gesture in fiery speech, telling west to ‘mind your own business’ in wake of concerns about crackdown after failed coupAgencies
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is dropping all lawsuits against those charged with insulting him, and warned western countries to “mind your own business” following concerns about retribution against suspected coup plotters.
Speaking at an event in Ankara on Friday, commemorating those killed and wounded during the failed military coup on 15 July, Erdoğan said he was withdrawing all the lawsuits for insults against his person.
“For one time only, I will be forgiving and withdrawing all cases against the many disrespects and insults that have been levelled against me,” he said.
Isis training children of foreign fighters to become 'next generation' of terrorists
At least 50 British children are believed to be among those living in the group's territories
The children of foreign fighters living in Isis territory in Syria and Iraq are being trained to become the “next generation” of terrorists, Europe’s law enforcement agency has warned.
The group advertises its use of children as fighters and suicide bombers, as well as featuring children including a four-year-old British boy as executioners in its gory propaganda videos.
There are concerns the number of young boys forced into Isis’ ranks will increase as young children taken to live in its territories or born to “jihadi brides” grow up.
Will banning foreign funds for French mosques help combat terrorism?
Latest update : 2016-07-29
In calling for a ban on foreign financing of French mosques, France’s prime minister has touched on a tricky debate in a country where the state’s relations with a fragmented Muslim community are constrained by entrenched secular rules.
Manuel Valls, who is under pressure amid a string of terrorist attacks on French soil, said Friday he was “in favour of the idea that – for a period yet to be determined – there should be no financing from abroad for the construction of mosques”. In an interview with French daily Le Monde, the Socialist prime minister also called for imams to be “trained in France, not elsewhere”.
Valls said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, whose portfolio also includes religious affairs, was working on building a "new model" for France's relations with Islam. He added that Salafism, the fundamentalist branch of Islam espoused by many jihadists, “has no place in France”.
What's behind Indonesia's executions of drug traffickers?
Indonesia's government says the country is experiencing a 'drugs emergency.' Others say domestic political questions are at work.
Indonesia executed four people, including three foreigners, by firing squad on Friday in the latest round of executions for drug offenses carried out by the government.
The executions came just past midnight in a prison on the island of Nusakambangan, off the coast of Java Island. Two of the men were Nigerian citizens and a third was Senegalese, reported CNN.
Indonesian authorities had earlier said that 14 death row inmates would face the firing squad on Friday, but the remaining 10 appear to have been granted at least a temporary reprieve. Deputy attorney general Noor Rachmad said that the decision about whether the others would face the death penalty would later be made public, according to local media reports.
The battle to take back ISIS's last stronghold in Iraq could be long and bloody
Updated by Austin Bodetti
After the Iraqi security forces (ISF) recaptured Fallujah from ISIS this June, they set their sights on Mosul, the terrorist organization’s biggest prize and Iraq’s second-largest city. Hundreds of the militants are fleeing from Iraq to Syria in anticipation of an imminent offensive to retake the city. Others are burning oil wells and planting improvised explosive devices to stymie enemy advances.
The Iraqi government hopes to expel ISIS from Mosul by the end of the year. It has momentum on its side. ISIS-held territory in Iraq has shrunk from more than 40 percent of the country to less than 10 percent. The ISF are receiving air support from an international
coalition and fire support from dozens of Kurdish and Shia militias, which will likely join the offensive.
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