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Thai diplomat summoned over murdered British tourists
The Thai charge d'affaires has been summoned to the UK Foreign Office over concerns about the inquiry into the murders of two British tourists.
Hannah Witheridge, 23, and 24-year-old David Miller were killed in an attack on the island of Koh Tao last month.
Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire told the diplomat there was "concern" about how the investigation had been handled.
Two Burmese workers are said to have confessed to killing the pair, who were discovered on a beach on 15 September.
Police in Thailand have denied subsequent reports that the two men had withdrawn their confessions.
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Offshore Helicopter Flights Issue New Rules For Larger Workers
New rules are to be introduced on the size of oil workers travelling to and from offshore installations by helicopter.
Passengers with a shoulder width of 22 inches or more will be classed as "extra broad" and will have to sit next to a similarly large helicopter window.
It follows a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) review of helicopter safety.
Concerns were raised about larger passengers being able to escape from a crashed aircraft quickly.
The changes come after a study revealed the average oil worker had risen in weight by close to 20% over the past 30 years.
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Brenda Leyland McCann Twitter Troll Found Dead
A 63-year-old woman who was accused of targeting internet abuse at the family of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a hotel.
Brenda Leyland, from Burton Overy, Leicestershire, was accused of being one of the so-called "trolls" directing abusive messages at the McCanns.
Her body was found days after she was confronted outside her home by a Sky News reporter.
Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday in Portugal in 2007.
Mrs Leyland was confronted by the reporter who put to her she had posted messages attacking the family on Twitter via the handle @sweepyface.
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Fresh Air Strike On Islamic State BY RAF Tornados
RAF jets have launched a fresh air strike against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has said.
It said two Tornados used precision-guided bombs to attack IS fighters at a fortified building near Ramadi, west of the capital Baghdad, overnight.
IS forces inside the building were firing on Iraqi soldiers, the MoD said.
Meanwhile, ex-head of the armed forces, General Lord Richards, said air strikes alone may not be enough to defeat IS.
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Harry Street Detained Over Bomb And Weapons
A killer who shot five people dead in 1978 has been told he might never be released from a secure hospital after "an arsenal" of weapons was found at his home last year.
Ex-Broadmoor patient Harry Street, 70, admitted making an improvised explosive device as well as 50 homemade bullets.
He was caught with the bomb and three handguns at his Birmingham home.
At the city's crown court Mr Justice Blair sentenced Street to indefinite detention under the Mental Health Act.
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Canada To Join Air Strikes On Anti-Islamic State
Canada plans to join the US-led campaign of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, its government has said.
A motion authorising the mission is expected to pass on Monday in the House of Commons.
The six-month mission will include CF-18 fighter jets and refuelling and surveillance aircraft, but not ground troops.
PM Stephen Harper said it was intended to "significantly degrade" IS.
Canada has more than two dozen military advisers already in Iraq.
The US has undertaken its own air strike campaign in Iraq for several weeks and in Syria for almost two weeks.
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Ebola Screening Of Air Passengers Planned By US
The US is planning measures to screen incoming air passengers for Ebola, President Barack Obama has said.
The likelihood of an Ebola outbreak in the US is "extremely low", Mr Obama said, but "we don't have a lot of margin of error".
More than 3,400 people have died in West Africa in the world's deadliest outbreak of the viral disease.
Mr Obama's comments came six days after a Liberian man became the first case of Ebola diagnosed on American soil.
Thomas Eric Duncan, who contracted the disease in Liberia, is in a critical condition in a hospital isolation unit in Dallas.
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Curfews Imposed On Syrian Refugees By Lebanon
Lebanese towns and villages are increasingly imposing curfews on Syrian refugees, restricting their movements, Human Rights Watch says.
Police, and in some places vigilante groups, were enforcing the curfews in 45 municipalities, the group reported.
The restrictions were contributing to a "climate of discriminatory and retaliatory practices", HRW warned.
Almost 1.2 million Syrian refugees are living in Lebanon, which has a population of only 4.5 million.
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Palestinian State Recognised By Sweden
Sweden is to "recognise the state of Palestine", Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said, the first long-term EU member country to do so.
"The conflict between Israel and Palestine can only be solved with a two-state solution," he said during his inaugural address in parliament.
It should be "negotiated in accordance with international law", he said.
Sweden last month voted out the centre-right Alliance coalition of Fredrik Reinfeldt after eight years.
That allowed the Social Democrats led by Mr Lofven to form a government with other parties on the left including the Greens.
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Support For IS In Syria And Iraq From Pakistan Taliban
The Pakistani Taliban have expressed their support for Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq.
In a statement marking the Muslim festival of Eid, the group appealed to Islamists there to unite against the "enemy" - the US-led alliance.
IS has taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq, but has also been battling al-Qaeda-linked rival militant groups.
The Pakistani Taliban has been waging its own insurgency against the Islamabad government since 1997.
'Forget rivalries'
Saturday's statement was issued by the leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Maulana Fazlullah, sent by his spokesman.
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