Philippine army battles to contain Isis attacks from spreading to second city
Curfews and heavy military presence in Iligan, a city of 350,000, amid fears Islamist militants may seek to expand conflict
Police and security services have imposed a night-time curfew and increased their presence in a second Philippine city following reports that Islamist militants fighting fierce battles in Marawi might pose as civilians to sneak out and open a new front.
More than 90% of Marawi’s 200,000 population have fled a week of street clashes and aerial strikes. Many have relocated to Iligan City, 38km (24 miles) to the north, where authorities have implemented a 10pm to 4am curfew.
Posting on the city’s Facebook page, police had said curfews were not a complete lockdown but “containment action” – using both stationary and mobile checkpoints as well as “police visibility to negate the occurrence of same incident at Marawi City”.After Manchester, Britain is experiencing the fear that Syrian children live with every day
The attack in Manchester was, sadly, not unique. Those grieving join a sorrowful community across the globe made up of people who have lost loved ones to extremist violence
“At least 68 children died in an Isis attack in Syria this week too.” Several friends have posted this remark on my Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds in the days since 22 people were murdered in a terror attack on Manchester Arena last Monday.
“Those children are just as deserving of our sympathy,” they wrote, sharing a link to articles about the bombing of a Syrian bus. Except, of course, that news story was from April – and the attack wasn’t even carried out by Isis.
Venezuela opposition figures wounded as anti-govt demos intensify
CARACAS (AFP) -
Two leading Venezuelan opposition figures were wounded in anti-government protests Monday, as demonstrators vowed to intensify pressure on President Nicolas Maduro and against his plans to hold a constitutional assembly.
Henrique Capriles, a former opposition presidential candidate, said he and his team were beaten by National Guard troops as they left a rally that had been broken up by tear gas.
"They cornered us, they beat us... They robbed us all. They took my team's watches, radios, gas masks. When I asked them 'What's wrong with you?' their reaction was to give me a blow to the face. Did they want to kill us?" he told reporters.
Banned outfits in Pakistan operate openly on Facebook
Activity of 41 sectarian, terrorist, anti-state organisations is accessible to every user on the social network.
AHANZAIB HAQUE | OMER BASHIR
They exist in plain sight, just one search and one click away from any of Pakistan’s 25 million Facebook users.
An investigation carried out by Dawn across the month of April 2017 has revealed that 41 of Pakistan’s 64 banned outfits are present on Facebook in the form of hundreds of pages, groups and individual user profiles.
Their network, both interconnected and public, is a mix of Sunni and Shia sectarian or terror outfits, global terror organisations operating in Pakistan, and separatists in Balochistan and Sindh.
Why North Korea's older-style Scud missile is bad news
North Korea has revealed why it launched an older style, short-range Scud missile on Monday.
After a flurry of launches this year that have alarmed the international community because they appear to significantly extend the range that North Korea's missiles could travel, the "cheap" Scud fired on Monday travelled just 450 kilometres.
But North Korean missile watchers believe the regime's latest launch could be an attempt to perfect a guided-missile system, which, if combined with the longer range missiles capable of flying 4500 kilometres, could allow North Korea to conduct precise attacks against military targets.Britain's young voters are angry, not apathetic
Updated 0744 GMT (1544 HKT) May 30, 2017
Just over a year ago, 20-year-old Londoner Kismet Meyon was homeless. It was the second time she'd found herself without a roof over her head.
Her boyfriend gave her a place to stay, but it prompted her to think about others left without homes: "What if I was someone who didn't have a boyfriend to go to?" she asks.
Meyon had never been interested in politics before. But her brushes with homelessness convinced her that getting involved in politics was the best way to change society. Now she's working with other young people to influence the policies of London's mayor Sadiq Khan and she's studying for a degree in politics and international relations.
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