News In Brief
AFP, Brussels
Top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, Europe’s most wanted man, was wounded and captured in a dramatic raid by armed police in the Belgian capital.
Abdeslam, 26, and four other suspects were arrested in the gritty Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek, where the Franco-Moroccan allegedly helped plan the November 13 attacks in which 130 people were killed and 350 injured.
Iraq launches major push against IS
AFP, Baghdad
Iraqi forces have launched a broad offensive to retake the city of Hit from the Islamic State group in the western province of Anbar, a top commander said Saturday.
Led by the elite Counter-Terrorism Service, forces from the police, army and local tribal fighters were making a final push to retake Hit, 145 kilometres (90 miles) west of Baghdad.
Torture on the rise in Burundi: UN
AFP, United Nations
Reports of torture have increased in Burundi since the beginning of the year and many people there now “live in terror,” the UN rights chief said Friday.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein told the Security Council that violence in the African country could spiral out of control and take on “massive proportions.”
