World Briefs

CHINA The latest weapon in the fight against cheating on China’s all-important college entrance exam is a six-propeller drone..

PAKISTAN The Pakistani army says an overnight clash near the Afghan border in the restive North Waziristan tribal area killed 19 militants and seven soldiers.

NEPAL The families of five Nepalese civilians killed in a U.S. military helicopter crash on an earthquake relief mission last month demand compensation, saying it took weeks to get confirmation of their relatives’ deaths.

JAPAN’s economy grew at a faster pace than initially estimated in the January-March quarter on stronger consumer and corporate spending, though economists anticipate slower growth in April-June.

TURKEY’s ruling party is left with few options for a new government after it was stripped of its parliamentary majority and opposition parties ruled out joining it in a coalition pact. More on p15

ERITREA A United Nations commission of inquiry says Eritrea’s government is responsible for systematic and widespread human rights violations and keeps its people in a state of fear through a “pervasive control system.”

USA-IRAQ The United States does not yet have a “complete strategy” for training Iraqi forces to fight Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama said yesterday amid signs of weakness in Iraq’s military. Obama said the Pentagon was reviewing plans to ramp up training and assistance to the Iraqi forces, but he also said there must be full commitment by the Iraqis themselves.

USA Two murderers who escaped from a prison by cutting through steel walls and pipes remain on the loose as authorities investigate how the inmates obtained the power tools used in the “Shawshank Redemption”-style breakout.

USA A suburban Dallas police officer is placed on administrative leave after a video showed him pushing a 14-year-old girl in a swimsuit to the ground outside a pool and pointing his gun at other teens.

GREEK negotiators are in Brussels to explore the “scope for convergence” with the country’s creditors, following days of acrimony over rival reform proposals for a deal that will unlock Greece’s last remaining bailout funds. Gov’t spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis said yesterday that Greece considers the 47-page document delivered by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a visit to Brussels last week to be the basis for a deal.

PORTUGAL is showing off its relative financial health — and signaling it is different from Greece — by paying back another batch of international loans ahead of their due date.