About 90,000 people are displaced and in need of assistance in Rakhine state in western Myanmar as a result of recent clashes, the UN World Food Programme has said. The violence started over a week ago. WFP has reached more than 66,000 displaced people in Sittwe, Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung with emergency food supplies. After clashes between Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, a state of emergency was declared in Rakhine state.
Suicide attack kills four in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a joint Afghan-NATO patrol in the eastern Afghan town of Khost on Wednesday, killing at least four civilians, police in Kabul said. Six other Afghan civilians were injured in the blast, AFP reports. Security officials link the attack to a spring offensive led by Taliban insurgents.
20 Syrian soldiers killed in clashes with rebels in Latakia - reports
At least 20 Syrian soldiers have been killed in clashes with rebel fighters in the province of Latakia, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said. Five rebels were also killed in the fighting that began late Tuesday and continued on Wednesday in the Kurdish Mountain region near the border with Turkey, AFP reports. A number of soldiers, including an officer, were captured by the rebels, the Britain-based watchdog said.
Yemen kills ‘planner of bombings’ for Al Qaeda militants
Yemen's government says it has killed a militant Islamist who directed suicide bombers for an Al Qaeda-linked group. Security forces killed militant Salah al-Jawhari in the southern al-Bayda province, the state news agency Saba said. Residents of the province's al-Yafea district say, however, that a drone had fired missiles at al-Jawhari's vehicle, Reuters reports. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for several attacks in Yemen.
NASA reports carbon dioxide removal assembly failure in ISS US Lab
NASA has said the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) in the US Lab of the International Space Station has experienced a hardware failure and shutdown. The problem was caused by irregular readings on Bed 2 Temperature sensor C on Saturday. The crew connected this sensor back into the system last week. The CDRA was recovered on Sunday morning. However, the temperature sensor has been behaving erratically. Specialists are trying to find future troubleshooting scenarios, NASA said.
Car bomb targets judge, kills 2 in northern Iraq
A car bomb killed two people and wounded 16 in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday. The attack targeted Judge Aziz Ibrahim who oversees terror cases, AP reports. The judge and two of his bodyguards were among the wounded, and three policemen were also injured, police Col. Sherzad Mofari said. The ethnically divided Kirkuk is some 290 kilometers north of Baghdad.
Israel carries out 3 raids after rocket attacks from Gaza
Israeli military aircraft carried out three raids against Gaza early Wednesday after militants pounded Israel with rockets. The raids targeted a training center for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas at Rafah in the south of Gaza, AP reports. Palestinian security officials said no one had been hurt in the raids. The Brigades reportedly fired 45 rockets in 24 hours at Israeli territory, wounding four border guards. The militants have said they will continue firing unless the air strikes ended. Earlier, six Palestinians were killed and five others injured in a series of air strikes across the coastal strip.
Pakistan detains French man accused of Al Qaeda ties
Pakistani security forces have arrested a French man accused of being a top Al Qaeda militant. Officials on Wednesday identified the man as Naamen Meziche, AP said. He is believed to be an Al Qaeda operative with links to European jihadi groups. Meziche was detained on the border of Pakistan and Iran.
Missile defense issue can be solved under no US president - Putin
The US was moving towards creating its missile defense system for many years and "nothing can change its approach," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a news conference in the wake of the G20 summit in Mexico's Los Cabos. "I think that the missile defense problem will not be solved if Obama is reelected or not," Putin added.
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