Boxing great Manny Pacquiao close to Philippine Senate win
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Boxing great Manny Pacquiao appears to have won a seat in the Philippine Senate, according to unofficial results.
Pacquiao has garnered more than 15 million votes, with about 93 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday. That places him eighth among candidates for 12 Senate seats, and nearly 3 million votes ahead of the candidate in 13th place. Official results are days away.
Pacquiao ran under the losing ticket of presidential candidate Jejomar Binay but has also been endorsed by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the winner of the presidential race according to unofficial results.
New Philippine leader seen as emancipator, looming dictator
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rodrigo Duterte, the bombastic mayor of a major southern city, was heralded Tuesday as president-elect of the Philippines after an incendiary campaign that projected him alternatively as an emancipator and a looming dictator.
US-Afghan raid rescues abducted son of former Pakistan PM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. and Afghan forces conducting a raid Tuesday against Islamic militants unexpectedly found and rescued the son of a former Pakistani prime minister who had been abducted three years ago, officials said.
Ali Haider Gilani, believed to be about 30, was discovered in good health during the raid near Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan. The operation killed four of the extremists, the officials said.
Israeli police say 2 Israeli women stabbed in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two masked attackers stabbed two Israeli women taking a walk in a Jerusalem forest on Tuesday, police said, setting off a manhunt to capture the assailants.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said five women were walking along a Jerusalem promenade near the "Peace Forest" when they were attacked from behind. Two of them, both said to be about 70 years of age, were stabbed and were taken to a hospital with moderate injuries.
After setting up checkpoints and searching an Arab area of east Jerusalem, police arrested two men, but they were released soon after.
Officials: Germany stabbing suspect mentally unstable
GRAFING, Germany (AP) — A German man yelled out "infidel, you must die" and "Allahu akbar" as he stabbed four people at a Bavarian train station Tuesday, witnesses said. But authorities say they've found no links to any Islamic extremist network and that he appears to be psychologically disturbed.
One victim died in a hospital and three others were being treated for their wounds.
The 27-year-old was taken into custody near the scene at the Grafing Bahnhof just before 5 a.m. and had a 10-centimeter (4-inch) survival knife tucked into his belt, authorities said.
Rights group claims Turkish border guards killed 5 refugees
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A rights advocacy group claimed Tuesday that Turkish border guards have in the past two months killed five Syrians who were trying to cross into Turkey, and called on the country to investigate the reported use of excessive force by soldiers.
In a statement, New York-based Human Rights Watch accused border guards of shooting and beating asylum-seekers and at least one smuggler. It said that five refugees — including a child — were killed and 14 others were wounded in March and April.
A Turkish Interior Ministry official denied that the incidents cited by Human Rights Watch had occurred and insisted that the country, which is home to 2.7 million Syrian refugees, does not shoot at asylum-seekers. The official cannot be named because of regulations that bar civil servants from speaking to journalists without prior authorization.
London mayor slams Trump's 'ignorant' view of Islam
LONDON (AP) — London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday slammed Donald Trump's "ignorant" view of Islam, after the Republican presidential contender suggested Khan could be exempted from a proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Khan, the London-born son of Pakistani immigrants, was elected last week by a wide margin after a campaign that saw his Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith accuse him of having shared platforms with Islamic extremists.
Khan, a former human rights lawyer and Labour Party lawmaker, accused Goldsmith of trying to frighten and divide voters in a multicultural city of 8.6 million people — more than 1 million of them Muslims.