AP, Karachi
Officials say a security guard has shot and killed an Afghan diplomat in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
Haris Khan, a spokesman for the Afghan consulate in Karachi, says Mohammad Zaki Abdu -the consulate’s third secretary, died of his wounds shortly after the shooting Monday.
Police official Azad Khan says the guard, an Afghan national, has been taken into custody.
Australian woman dies in watercraft crash
AP, Bangkok
An Australian woman died when the personal watercraft she was operating collided with one operated by her companion off the Thai island of Phuket, officials said Monday.
Emily Jayne Collie, 20, was not breathing when rescuers brought her to shore after the crash Sunday, said Rungsak Ouarun, the head lifeguard on Phuket’s Kata beach. “We tried to perform CPR but she was not responsive,” he said.
Merkel, Bavarian allies seek
pre-election unity
AP, Berlin
Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting her Bavarian conservative allies in a show of unity following a long-running argument over migrant policy, setting the scene for a joint campaign for German elections in September.
Bavaria’s Christian Social Union has dominated its southeastern state for decades and is traditionally an important source of national election votes for the conservative bloc led by Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union.
US envoy eyes cuts to UN peacekeeping
AFP, United Nations
Washington’s new UN envoy Nikki Haley is putting in motion a far-reaching review of UN peacekeeping that is likely to lead to closures and downsizing of missions, according to diplomats.
Haley took up her post with a vow to overhaul the United Nations and “do away” with what she termed as “obsolete” activities amid fresh clamor in Washington over US funding for the world body.
