UNITED KINGDOM British police arrested a dozen people yesterday in a widening terrorism investigation after attackers used a van and large knives to kill seven people in London, and the county’s major political parties temporarily suspended campaigning with only days to go before the general election. Prime Minister Theresa May said the vote would take place as scheduled on Thursday.
CHINA Anbang Insurance Group Co. denied a Financial Times report that said its chairman, Wu Xiaohui, is barred by Chinese authorities from leaving the country. An Anbang representative declined to comment further. The FT reported Friday that Wu has been prohibited from leaving China, citing four people who have had business dealings with him.
CAMBODIA‘s opposition claimed victory in local elections yesterday that could shake Prime Minister Hun Sen’s longtime grip on power. Hun Sen has repeatedly warned of civil war if his Cambodian People’s Party loses the majority in city and village councils to the main opposition party.
JAPAN A Japanese town conducted an evacuation drill yesterday amid rising fear that a North Korean ballistic missile could hit Japanese soil. More than 280 residents and schoolchildren in a small town on Japan’s western coast rushed to designated school buildings to seek shelter after sirens sounded.
AUSTRALIA A United Nations agency said Saturday it had “serious concern” about coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier and urged the government to work faster to improve water quality in the region.
PAKISTAN has frozen the accounts of 5,000 suspected militants, taking about USD3 million out of their pockets, but Islamabad could still come under scrutiny at a crucial June meeting of an international watchdog that tracks terror financing.
SYRIA Government forces pounded parts of the southern city of Daraa with air strikes and artillery fire, activists reported yesterday, one day after rebels attacked government positions in the southern city.
BAHRAIN shut down a prominent independent newspaper yesterday “until further notice” over an article about unrest in Morocco, the latest move tightening expression in the Gulf nation as authorities wage a crackdown on dissent.
MALTA’s prime minister claimed victory yesterday in early elections called to consolidate the government’s position after his wife was implicated in the Panama Papers scandal, saying unofficial results indicate a “sizeable” win for his Labour Party.
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