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Judge Condemns Four UK Soldiers For Death Of Iraq Boy
Four UK soldiers who "forced" an Iraqi boy into a canal and let him drown have been condemned by a judge investigating civilian deaths in the Iraq War.
Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali, who was 15, died in Basra in May 2003 after he was detained on suspicion of looting. The British judge's report said Ahmed should never have been detained or made to enter the canal, and should have been rescued when he was "floundering".
The Ministry of Defence said it was "extremely sorry".
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German Far Right Residents And Asylum Seekers In Clash
Far-right residents have clashed with asylum-seekers in a town in eastern Germany that has become a flashpoint for anti-refugee sentiment.
Some 80 men and women fought with 20 migrants and refugees in Bautzen, to the east of Dresden, late on Wednesday. The asylum-seekers were chased to their hostel and put under police guard.
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Two Dead After Shooting In East Finchley
Two people shot dead at a north London flat have been named locally as a mother of nine and her nephew.
They were found wounded at a property in Elmshurst Crescent, East Finchley at about 06:25 BST. Relatives named the pair - said have moved to the UK from Congo in central Africa - as Anny Ekofo, 52, and her nephew Beverly, 21.
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David Cameron Blamed For Libya Unrest & Rise Of IS
A UK parliamentary report has severely criticised the intervention by Britain and France that led to the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
The foreign affairs committee accused the then PM David Cameron of lacking a coherent strategy for the air campaign. It said the intervention had not been "informed by accurate intelligence", and that it led to the rise of so-called Islamic State in North Africa. The UK government said it had been an international decision to intervene.
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Three Women Arrested In France Over Foiled Attack
French prosecutors have placed three young women under formal investigation over a foiled attack near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Ines Madani, 19, Sara Hervouet, 23, and Amel Sakaou, 39, were brought before anti-terrorism judges on Monday. The women are suspected of plotting to blow up a car packed with gas canisters last week, and of having ties to so-called Islamic State (IS). Another woman, Ornella G, 29, is already being investigated in the case.
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Three Syrian Men Arrested On Terror Charges In Germany
Three Syrian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of being sent by so-called Islamic State (IS) to launch attacks, prosecutors say.
The men - aged 17, 18 and 26 - were detained after a series of pre-dawn raids in the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony on Tuesday. Police are reported to have seized "extensive material".
But no concrete missions or orders had so far been found, the Federal Public Prosecutor's office said.
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South Korea Claim The North Is Ready For More Nuclear Tests
South Korean officials have said North Korea could be ready to conduct another nuclear test at any time.
The North conducted its fifth underground nuclear test on Friday, thought to be its most powerful yet.A defence ministry spokesman said there was still an unused tunnel at the Punggye-ri test site which could be used for a sixth explosion at any time.
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SS Medic Hubert Zafke On Trial For Auschwitz Autrocities
A 95-year-old former SS medic has gone on trial in Germany, after his mass murder trial was postponed three times for health reasons.
Hubert Zafke appeared in court in Neubrandenburg in north-eastern Germany accused of assisting in the killing of 3,681 people at the Auschwitz death camp. The indictment covers one month, from 15 August to 14 September 1944.
The Nazis killed about 1.1m people in Auschwitz, most of them Jews.
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Ceasefire Due To Begin At Sunset In Syria
A cessation of hostilities is due to start in Syria at sunset on Monday, after a weekend of air strikes.
The 10-day truce is due to be followed by co-ordinated US-Russian air strikes against jihadist militants.
Syrian state media reported that President Bashar al-Assad had welcomed the deal, which was reached late on Friday in Geneva after months of talks between Russia and the US. But it is unclear whether rebel factions will abide by it.
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Researchers Claim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Was KGB Agent
Israeli researchers have alleged that the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, worked for the Soviet intelligence agency the KGB in the early 1980s.
Researchers from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem say a Soviet-era document lists him as an agent. The president's spokesman described the claim as an absurd Israeli "smear".
He suggested it was made to derail attempts to re-start Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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