July 3, 2016 Recent attacks blamed on radical Islamists in Bangladesh Gunmen have stormed a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of Dhaka, taking hostages while engaging security forces in a gunbattle that has left two officers dead, authorities say.
July 2, 2016 World reacts to the death of Elie Wiesel Reaction to the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, author of "Night," who died Saturday at the age of 87: "The state of Israel and the Jewish people express sorrow over the death of Elie Wiesel.
July 2, 2016 The Latest: French PM: Brexit will benefit Paris businesses The Latest on Britain's vote to leave the 28-nation European Union (all times local): 1:25 p.m.
July 2, 2016 Mob burns down mosque in 2nd such recent attack in Myanmar A mob has burned down a mosque in northern Myanmar in the second such attack in just over a week in the predominantly Buddhist nation.
July 2, 2016 Attackers take hostages at Bangladesh restaurant Local media report that a group of up to nine attackers took hostages inside a restaurant frequented by both locals and foreigners in a diplomatic zone in Bangladesh's capital.
July 1, 2016 Nigerian Shiites march to demand release of leader Nigeria's Shiite movement and journalists say more than a million Shiites have marched to demand freedom for their detained leader and Israeli-occupied parts of Palestine.
July 1, 2016 UN human rights envoy: displaced Rohingya still suffering The U.N.'s special envoy on human rights in Myanmar has said that conditions in camps for members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, forced from their homes four years ago by communal violence, remain poor with overcrowding, the deterioration of temporary housing, and a lack of proper sanitation facilities.
July 1, 2016 UK Labour leader criticized for Israel, Islamic State remark Embattled Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been criticized for comments made during the release of an independent inquiry into anti-Semitism in party ranks.
