Syria war: Manbij celebrates liberation from ISIL
Coalition claims control of city on supply route between Turkish border and Raqqa after two months of heavy fighting.
Celebrations have erupted in the Syrian city of Manbij, with civilians pouring onto the streets and rebel fighters claiming they have "liberated" all of the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
Scenes of jubilation could be seen in many neighbourhoods of the city over the weekend, with men clipping their beards, women lifting their veils and people smoking in public.
Japan to develop missile as tensions with China mount – reports
The countries are locked in a long-running dispute over uninhabited islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China
Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defence of remote southern islands, as tensions with China increase over the disputed territory, a report said Sunday.
The two countries are locked in a long-running dispute over the uninhabited islets known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.
The report comes after repeated protests by Japanese foreign ministry officials over what Tokyo calls “intrusions” by Chinese ships in the territorial and contiguous waters of the rocky islands.
Drought devastates Lesotho as water is exported to South Africa
Country once nicknamed 'the Water Castle' is not benefiting from the vast Katse Dam
Lesotho is experiencing food insecurity as a result of droughtdespite being the site of the second largest dam in Africa, because water is being exported to its neighbour South Africa.
An estimated 680,000 people — more than a quarter of the total population – are in need of emergency food and assistance, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
Crops are failing in the landlocked region because of erratic rainfall linked to the El Nino weather system, which has plunged swathes or eastern and southern Africa into drought. But farmers say that if they could irrigate crops with water from the vast Katse Dam they could increase their yield.
Losing Trust: Frustrations Grow Over German Response to Terror
In the wake of recent attacks, Germany's conservative Christian Democrats over tripping over themselves with proposals for tightening anti-terror laws. Instead of calming the people, they are simply confusing them. By SPIEGEL Staff
Stay levelheaded. Keep calm. That was German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière's message after a mass shooting and two terrorist attacks jolted the country last month. Do not overreact. Make no rash decisions. First wait for the investigations to be completed in Würzburg, Ansbach and Munich.
Two and a half weeks later, de Maizière is back in the same place, on the ground floor of his ministry in Berlin. Behind him is the German eagle, black on a dark blue wall. De Maizière is about to present a raft of proposals that he and his colleagues consider necessary to combat terrorism. "Measures to increase security in Germany," he calls them.
A Partition too deep: How events in 1947 shaped Pakistan today
Sarah Ansari
As we all appreciate, food together with smells, faded photographs and half-remembered tunes are all highly evocative of distant places and earlier times. Drawing directly on our most intimate senses, they resurrect forgotten memories and transport us back, in an instant, to worlds that may no longer exist; whether to our childhoods or other nostalgic moments in our lives. Of late, elderly Pakistanis who migrated during Partition have become more willing to reminisce – whether in the form of oral testimonies and traditions, published biographies, newspaper articles or simply what they tell their grandchildren – about the homes that they left behind. Among other memories, they recall the juiciness of the enormous lychees that grew plentifully in western Uttar Pradesh, and fondly savour recollections of the splendid vegetable dishes cooked by their former Hindu neighbours (they claim to have tasted nothing like it since they arrived in Pakistan).
Venezuelans flock to Colombia to buy supplies
Five border crossing points opened for pedestrians following agreement between Presidents Maduro and Santos.
Thousands of Venezuelans have been crossing into Colombia to buy food and medicine after the opening of five pedestrian border crossings.
Venezuela and Colombia opened several "provisional" border crossing points on Saturday for pedestrians for the first time in nearly a year as part of a progressive reopening agreed on this week.
As of 6am local time, the authorities had opened a total of five crossing points in the Venezuelan towns of Tachira, Apure, Zulia and Amazonas.
As of 6am local time, the authorities had opened a total of five crossing points in the Venezuelan towns of Tachira, Apure, Zulia and Amazonas.
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