World briefs

MYANMAR leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism, as her country faces accusations of violently pushing out hundreds of thousands of unwanted Rohingya Muslims. 

JAPAN U.S. military personnel in Okinawa have been restricted to base and banned from drinking alcohol after a Marine was arrested over a crash that killed a Japanese man.

INDONESIA Hundreds more people have left villages in Papua that were at the center of clashes with separatists, Indonesian police said yesterday. It was the second evacuation from the region near the U.S.-owned Grasberg gold and copper mine in a week.

INDIA A member of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party has offered a 100 million rupee (USD1.5 million) reward to anyone who beheads the lead actress and the director of the yet-to-be released Bollywood film “Padmavati” over its alleged handling of the relationship between a Hindu queen and a Muslim ruler.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE Supporters of an international boycott movement against Israel have lashed out at rock star Nick Cave after he played in the Jewish state and accused the pro-Palestinian activists of trying to bully musicians.

YEMEN The head of the World Food Program in Yemen said yesterday that millions of Yemenis face the risk of more deaths as aid deliveries cannot get to those in need because of the continuing blockade of the war-ravaged country by the Saudi-led coalition.

SERBIA A lawyer for Gen. Ratko Mladic said yesterday it is not certain the former Bosnian Serb military commander will show up in a United Nations courtroom when judges deliver their verdicts in his long-running trial for allegedly masterminding atrocities during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. 

GERMANY Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would prefer to go ahead with new federal elections rather than try to form a minority government, as Europe’s most powerful leader weighs her options after the collapse of four-party coalition talks late Sunday.

BRAZIL A new boss has taken over Brazil’s federal police despite widespread criticism of his appointment. Fernando Segovia was sworn in by unpopular Brazilian President Michel Temer, who is himself being investigated by the force.