Bomb attack kills 25 in northwest Pakistan mosque

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• At least 25 people have been killed after a bomber detonated his explosives in a mosque in Pakistan’s northwest. Nearly thrity others were wounded in the bomb blast which took place in Mohmand tribal district. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
• Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man over an alleged stabbing attack in the city of al-Khalil also known as Hebron. Israelis also gunned down another Palestinian in the same city claiming that the victim wanted to run over Israeli soldiers. Another Palestinian was shot dead over an alleged stabbing attack in Jerusalem al-Quds.
• Foreign-backed militants have once again violated a ceasefire that came into effect in Syria on Monday. The militants shelled two eastern neighborhoods of the Syrian capital Damascus. Meanwhile, military sources say the Syrian army repelled an attack by armed groups who tried to enter eastern Damascus via one of the neighborhoods.
• People have staged an anti-government protest in Bahrain’s Diraz village after security forces prevented them from gathering for Friday prayers. People also chanted slogans in support of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, whose citizenship has been revoked by the ruling Al Khalifah regime.
• At least 17 people have been killed by fresh Saudi airstrikes in Yemen. The air raids targeted the provinces of Ma’rib, Sa'ada and Sana'a. Over 9,600 Yemenis, many of them women and children, have been killed since Saudi Arabia invaded its southern neighbor in March last year.
• In the Philippines, clashes have erupted between police and protesters in the capital Manila. The demonstrators demanded that all US troops be removed from Min-da-nao island. Earlier this week, President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants US Special Forces to leave southern Philippines.
• A British judge has condemned four UK soldiers who forced a 15-year-old Iraqi boy into a canal and let him drown during the Iraq War. Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali was among four men detained in May 2003 on suspicion of looting. Britain's Ministry of Defense has apologized for the incident.
• French police have removed some 1,500 refugees living in a makeshift camp in the capital Paris. Local authorities say the asylum seekers were sleeping in unsanitary conditions in tents and on mattresses. Europe is grappling with its worst refugee crisis since World War two. The refugees have fled conflicts in their countries.

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