Pakistan’s military says a roadside bomb attack has killed three paramilitary soldiers in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. A military statement Monday said the three men were wounded during a search and cordon operation in the Zarmilan area late Sunday night and later died at a hospital.
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Yemen officials say Houthi rocket kills 6 civilians
Yemeni security officials say a rocket fired by Houthi rebels has killed six civilians, including women and children, when it hit an area in southern Taiz province. They say the Tuesday strike that also destroyed three old houses was part of broader fighting around the central city, Yemen’s cultural capital.
Polish opposition slams ruling party’s electoral reform plan
Poland’s opposition leaders say that changes to electoral law proposed by the ruling party are aimed at helping the party win local elections next year and remove opponents from office. The head of the ruling conservative party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is Poland’s most powerful politician, has said he wants new regulations to limit to two the number of terms served by city and town mayors as well as local community heads.