March 24, 2017 Suspected suicide bomber dies in blast near Dhaka airport Bangladesh police say a man detonated a bomb near a police post on a busy road near Dhaka's airport, killing himself but causing no other injuries.
March 24, 2017 Druggie parrots plunder poppy fields to feed opium addictions Junkie parrots are plundering poppy fields to feed their opium addictions.
March 24, 2017 French defense chief: Battle for Syria's Raqqa within days France's defense minister says the battle by international forces to take back the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria will start in the coming days.
March 24, 2017 Pakistani police prevent clerics' rally against blasphemy Pakistani police have blocked a rally by clerics in Islamabad seeking to press their calls for the death of social media activists accused of insulting Islam.
March 24, 2017 UN rights council approves fact-finding mission in Myanmar The U.N.-backed Human Rights Council has approved a resolution by consensus to "dispatch urgently" an international fact-finding mission to Myanmar to probe alleged abuses by military and security forces, particularly in Rakhine state.
March 24, 2017 Indonesian police arrest militants setting up jihadi camp Indonesia's counterterrorism squad says it has arrested four suspected Islamic militants who were trying to establish a jihadist training camp in eastern Indonesia and who likely had links with Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines.
March 24, 2017 Indonesia police fire tear gas on Muslims protesting church Indonesian police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse hard-line Muslims protesting against the construction of a Catholic church in a satellite city of the capital, Jakarta.
March 24, 2017 18 human skeletons recovered from alleged smugglers in India Police in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal say they have arrested eight men involved in smuggling human bones and recovered 18 skeletons from them.
March 24, 2017 AP Explains: Hong Kong's unusual system to pick its leader Hong Kong is poised to choose a new leader on Sunday when members of a committee dominated by elites favored by Beijing cast their ballots in the first such vote since 2014's huge pro-democracy protests.
