AFP, Tokyo
Chinese coast guard vessels sailed into territorial waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea on Saturday, Japan’s coast guard said, marking the second such incident in a week.
The four ships entered the waters surrounding the island chain, controlled by Japan and known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in China, at around 10:30 am (0130 GMT) and left within two hours, according to the coast guard.
Balochistan shrine death toll rises to 52
AFP, Quetta
At least 52 people were killed and over 100 others wounded when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed-to-capacity courtyard of the Shah Noorani shrine in a remote mountainous region of Khuzdar district on Saturday evening, officials said. According to an AFP report, the militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Kurds protest against Erdogan in Germany
AFP, Berlin
About 25,000 Kurds and Alevis rallied in the German city of Cologne on Saturday against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after the arrest of pro-Kurdish politicians earlier this month, the DPA news agency reported.
Kurds and Alevis, a moderate Islamic sect who make up 20 per cent of Turkey’s population, said they were demonstrating “for democracy, peace and freedom” and against sweeping purges by Turkish authorities since the failed July coup.
Moldovans vote in presidential runoff
Reuters, Chisinau
Moldovans cast their votes on Sunday in an election that could install a pro-Russian candidate as president and slam the brakes on seven years of closer integration with the European Union.
Socialist Igor Dodon has led the polls and narrowly failed to win an outright majority in the first round of voting at the end of October.
His opponent, Maia Sandu, is a pro-Western former World Bank economist who had promised to tackle corruption.
