News in Brief - Sat, Aug, 01, 2015 - 21:30 GMT
1. The new Taliban leader has urged the militants under his command to continue the insurgency in Afghanistan. Mullah Akhtar Mansour has also called for unity among loyal militants. Mansour was appointed as Taliban’s new leader on Thursday after the death of the group’s former leader was confirmed.
2. Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog has blamed the prime minister during a Tel Aviv rally against Jewish terrorism. He accused Benjamin Netanyahu of stoking racism and violence against Palestinians. Herzog also called assailants behind the killing of a Palestinians toddler terrorists. He said Jewish people are ashamed of their actions.
3. Syrian Kurdish fighters who battle ISIL terrorists have accused Turkey of pounding their positions at least four times over the past week. The Kurdish People Protection Units say they’ve nothing to do with the tension between Ankara and PKK militants.
4. India and Bangladesh have swapped control of some 160 small pockets of land along their borders to end a 68-year-old land dispute. Over 50,000 stateless residents of the isolated enclaves can now choose their new citizenship. The dispute was sparked after Pakistan’s separation from India in 1947.
5. US media say at least five African-American women have died in US police custody over the past three weeks. The victims were all detained by local authorities over minor charges. The suspicious deaths have raised serious questions about the treatment of suspects by US police.
6. Israeli forces restore to rubber bullets and tear gas to subdue Palestinian protesters in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. About 35 demonstrators got wounded as a result. They were calling for justice in the death of an 18-month-old boy burnt alive in a hate crime.
7. At least eight Yemeni civilians have been killed after Saudi warplanes targeted a residential area in Lahij province. Twenty other people have been injured in the attack. Saudi jets have also pounded two areas in Hajjah and Sa’ada provinces. There is no word on possible casualties.
8. Iran’s envoy to the IAEA has warned against disclosing the contents of deals signed between Tehran and the agency. Reza Najafi says no country is allowed to see the text of secret bilateral agreements. The comments are made just ahead of IAEA chief’s scheduled visit to the US.
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