AFP, BANGKOK: A group of 15 suspects detained by the Thai military investigating last week’s deadly tourist resort attacks was not involved in the blasts, police said Friday, adding to confusion surrounding the case. The junta said Thursday the detainees had been held during their investigation…

AFP, LOS ANGELES: Firefighters battled Thursday to douse a series of wildfires fueled by high winds, scorching temperatures and dry vegetation, which have forced tens of thousands of Californians to flee their homes. A blaze scorching sections of the Angeles National Forest, in southern California,…

AFP, RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said Friday it wanted urgent talks with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) over the charity’s withdrawal of staff from six hospitals in the war-torn country. Paris-based MSF on Thursday accused the coalition of “indiscriminate bombings”…

AFP, NABLUS: Palestinian police searching for weapons clashed with gunmen in the West Bank city of Nablus into Friday morning, leaving four people dead, Palestinian officials said. The firefight erupted on Thursday evening after officers entered Nablus’s Old City, a densely populated warren of…

AFP, ATHENS: Around 50 migrants were rescued after their boat ran aground Friday off Greece’s southwest coast, police said, after an uptick in arrivals. The group was found off the town of Methoni on the Peloponnese peninsula, stranded on a chain of rocky islets. They have since been taken to…

AFP, BERLIN: Germany’s interior minister came out Friday in favour of partially banning the full-face burqa Islamic veil, as a debate on integration…

AFP, BEIJING: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi expects China to support historic peace talks with armed groups near the countries’ troubled joint border, she said Friday during a landmark visit overshadowed by a stalled dam project. “We do believe that as a good neighbour…