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Pakistan's military said it killed 28 local and foreign militants in airstrikes Sunday in the volatile northwest, as reports emerged that civilians had died in previous strikes.
The bombing Sunday in the heavily forested Shawal Valley was part of an offensive that began last month to drive Taliban fighters and other militants from their stronghold in North Waziristan, a remote region that borders Afghanistan.
Residents say a bombing raid Friday killed nine women, six children and two male civilians.
The military had ordered the entire population of North Waziristan to leave ahead of the offensive, but some families stayed behind — because they were too poor to move, had sick family members or did not think their area would be targeted.
Residents say most militants fled ahead of the offensive.
— Reuters
TUNISIA
Crackdown ordered over troops' killings
Authorities in Tunisia say all mosques and media outlets calling for jihad are to be immediately closed in a bid to end a radical movement that they fear will derail the nation's transition to democracy.
A statement Sunday announced the closing of mosques operating outside the control of the Religious Affairs Ministry and places of worship that celebrated the killings last week of 15 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border. Two army posts were attacked by an extremist group thought to be linked to al-Qaeda's North Africa arm.
The government also announced the closing of unlicensed TV and radio stations that call for jihad and declare some people infidels.
On Saturday, police arrested about 60 suspected Islamist radicals in sweeps through numerous regions.
Tunisia is struggling to cope with the rise of Islamist militants in the wake of the 2011 revolt that ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
— Associated Press
Bahrain seeks to suspend opposition group: Bahrain's Justice Ministry has asked a court to suspend the activities of the country's main Shiite opposition group for three months. The move comes after top al-Wefaq figures met with a U.S. State Department official this month without a Bahraini government representative present. Bahrain ordered the U.S. official to leave the country. The lawsuit, though, makes no mention of the meeting. Instead, the state news agency reported that al-Wefaq is being taken to court for violating regulations of transparency in its general meetings.
Bosnians bury 284 war victims found in mass grave: The remains of 284 victims of the Bosnian war were laid to rest after being unearthed from what is thought to be the largest mass grave of Europe's worst conflict since World War II. Thousands of relatives gathered in prayer for the mainly Muslim victims on a soccer field in the town of Kozarac. The victims were killed in summer 1992, when Serbian troops went house to house in the area of Prijedor in northwest Bosnia and killed any non-Serbs they found, hiding their bodies in mass graves. About 100,000 people died in Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
Basque group says it is dismantling its military wing: The armed Basque separatist group ETA has dismantled its military wing and set up a group to finalize the deactivation of any remaining weapons and explosives, according to an ETA statement in a Basque newspaper. The announcement is the latest step toward full disarmament for ETA, which called a unilateral cease-fire in Spain in 2011. More than 800 people have died in almost four decades of attacks by the group.
Germany honors officers who tried to kill Hitler: Germany honored a group of Nazi-era officers who tried to kill Adolf Hitler 70 years ago. The plot helped establish a principle under which German troops today are encouraged to defy orders if they would result in a crime or violate human dignity. President Joachim Gauck called the July 20, 1944, bombing of Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters in eastern Prussia a "significant day in German history" for showing the world that there were Germans who opposed the Nazi regime. Hitler survived the bombing.
World Digest: July 20, 2014 - The Washington Post
The bombing Sunday in the heavily forested Shawal Valley was part of an offensive that began last month to drive Taliban fighters and other militants from their stronghold in North Waziristan, a remote region that borders Afghanistan.
Residents say a bombing raid Friday killed nine women, six children and two male civilians.
The military had ordered the entire population of North Waziristan to leave ahead of the offensive, but some families stayed behind — because they were too poor to move, had sick family members or did not think their area would be targeted.
Residents say most militants fled ahead of the offensive.
— Reuters
TUNISIA
Crackdown ordered over troops' killings
Authorities in Tunisia say all mosques and media outlets calling for jihad are to be immediately closed in a bid to end a radical movement that they fear will derail the nation's transition to democracy.
A statement Sunday announced the closing of mosques operating outside the control of the Religious Affairs Ministry and places of worship that celebrated the killings last week of 15 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border. Two army posts were attacked by an extremist group thought to be linked to al-Qaeda's North Africa arm.
The government also announced the closing of unlicensed TV and radio stations that call for jihad and declare some people infidels.
On Saturday, police arrested about 60 suspected Islamist radicals in sweeps through numerous regions.
Tunisia is struggling to cope with the rise of Islamist militants in the wake of the 2011 revolt that ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
— Associated Press
Bahrain seeks to suspend opposition group: Bahrain's Justice Ministry has asked a court to suspend the activities of the country's main Shiite opposition group for three months. The move comes after top al-Wefaq figures met with a U.S. State Department official this month without a Bahraini government representative present. Bahrain ordered the U.S. official to leave the country. The lawsuit, though, makes no mention of the meeting. Instead, the state news agency reported that al-Wefaq is being taken to court for violating regulations of transparency in its general meetings.
Bosnians bury 284 war victims found in mass grave: The remains of 284 victims of the Bosnian war were laid to rest after being unearthed from what is thought to be the largest mass grave of Europe's worst conflict since World War II. Thousands of relatives gathered in prayer for the mainly Muslim victims on a soccer field in the town of Kozarac. The victims were killed in summer 1992, when Serbian troops went house to house in the area of Prijedor in northwest Bosnia and killed any non-Serbs they found, hiding their bodies in mass graves. About 100,000 people died in Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
Basque group says it is dismantling its military wing: The armed Basque separatist group ETA has dismantled its military wing and set up a group to finalize the deactivation of any remaining weapons and explosives, according to an ETA statement in a Basque newspaper. The announcement is the latest step toward full disarmament for ETA, which called a unilateral cease-fire in Spain in 2011. More than 800 people have died in almost four decades of attacks by the group.
Germany honors officers who tried to kill Hitler: Germany honored a group of Nazi-era officers who tried to kill Adolf Hitler 70 years ago. The plot helped establish a principle under which German troops today are encouraged to defy orders if they would result in a crime or violate human dignity. President Joachim Gauck called the July 20, 1944, bombing of Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters in eastern Prussia a "significant day in German history" for showing the world that there were Germans who opposed the Nazi regime. Hitler survived the bombing.
World Digest: July 20, 2014 - The Washington Post
