Iranian troops kill 5 PJAK terrorists in ambush

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says at least five terrorists have been killed in an operation in the country's northwest. According to the IRGC, five members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, also known as Pejak, were killed in the city of Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province.
• Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in Norway to attend Oslo Forum 2016. The event is an annual international conference of armed conflict mediators and peace process actors. During his two-day stay, the top Iranian diplomat is to sit down with his Norwegian opposite number Borge Brende to discuss mutual ties.
• The British government is facing criticism for not disclosing information about sexual violence against detainees inside a controversial detention center in Bedfordshire. A number of serious sexual abuse allegations have been made against Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Center where women seeking asylum in the UK are held.
• Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has once again been taken into custody by security forces. Rajab was apprehended in the village of Bani Jamrah, west of the Bahraini capital Manama, on Monday. He's a vocal critic of the Al Khalifah regime.
• Yemenis have staged a rally to condemn Saudi attacks on the country’s archeological sites. A separate protest was also held outside the UN office in the capital Sana’a over the world body’s recent decision to remove Saudi Arabia and its allies from a blacklist of child rights violators.
• Clashes have erupted between Mexican police and teachers protesting against educational reforms in the state of Oaxaca. Several arrests were made as well. The protest turned ugly when police forces tried to evacuate the building of Oaxaca State Institute of Public Education which had been occupied by teachers for weeks.
• The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency says he expects classified parts of a 2002 congressional report into nine eleven terrorist attacks to be published. John Brennan says the classified pages will clear Saudi Arabia of complicity in the attacks. However, previous official statements linked Saudis to the hijackers.
• American Muslim leaders have condemned the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando that killed 50 people and wounded over 50 others. The gunman, identified as Omar Mateen, was a US citizen of Afghan decent. He had reportedly expressed allegiance to Daesh before going on the shooting spree.

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