World briefs

Indonesia Police have arrested a man believed to be the leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network who has eluded capture since 2003.

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Philippines Authorities have identified as a Filipino militant one of two suicide attackers who set off bombs last week that killed five people and the bombers in a southern army camp, a Filipino general said yesterday.

India Heavy monsoon rains in western India caused at least four walls to collapse onto huts and city shanties, killing at least 31 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said yesterday, as forecasters warned of more rain.

Turkey-China Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday that Turkey and China have “great potential to grow our relationship” based on historical trading ties and that the two would “contribute to regional and global stability.” More on p12

Australia Three men were arrested on yesterday over an Islamic State group-inspired plot to attack a variety of Sydney targets including police and defense buildings, courts, churches and diplomatic missions, police said.

Sri Lanka Prosecutors have asked police to explain why two former senior officials have not been arrested for alleged negligence leading to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotels.

US Elections Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised USD18 million for his presidential campaign during the second fundraising quarter, his campaign said. Sanders transferred another $6 million from other accounts. His second quarter total trails that of Pete Buttigieg, who raised $24 million during the same period.

Gulf tensions France’s president is urging Iran to immediately reduce its stockpiles of low-enriched uranium and stick to the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Germany A far-right extremist arrested over the killing of a regional official from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party has reportedly retracted his confession to the killing.

EU leaders gathered yet again yesterday in an effort to overcome an embarrassing deadlock over a series of job nominations to key posts at the bloc for at least the next five years.

Immigration A 33-year-old father of two American-born children was allowed to return to the U.S. yesterday [local time], two years after being deported to El Salvador during the first months of the Trump administration.

US President Donald Trump isn’t taking “no tanks” for an answer on the Fourth of July. He said yesterday [local time] that a display of U.S. military tanks will be part of a special event he’s headlining July 4 in Washington. More on p15