NEWS OF THE DAY
From Around the World
1 Deadly landslide: A landslide caused in part by unusually heavy rain in an area of Nepal bordering China buried dozens of homes Friday, killing at least 11 people and leaving 27 others missing, officials said. Shreedhar Neupane, a press adviser to the speaker of Nepal’s House of Representatives, said 38 people in the village of Lidi were believed to have been buried in the slide. He said five critically injured people had been airlifted to Kathmandu, the capital. Officials said both the amount of rain and the death toll from landslides so far this monsoon season had been unprecedented. Nearly 200 people are known to have been killed this year, with more than 40 missing.
2 Militant surrenders: A leading militant suspect who has been linked to beheadings of hostages, including two Canadians and a Malaysian, in the southern Philippines has surrendered after being wounded in battle, officials said Friday. Abduljihad Susukan, a commander of the Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf, gave himself up Thursday after negotiations with police in southern Davao city. He was served warrants for at least 23 cases of murder, six for attempted murder and five for kidnapping, national police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa said. He is the highestranking commander of the small but brutal group to be taken into custody this year.
3 Netherlands unrest: Rioters on rooftops and streets threw stones, eggs and fireworks at police overnight during a second night of unrest in a lowincome neighborhood of The Hague, Dutch police said Friday. More than 20 people were arrested for offenses including incitement, public violence and assaulting officers, police said. On Thursday night, the municipality imposed an emergency order that gave police extra detention powers. People in the neighborhood have been clashing with police since water authorities acted to stop residents from opening fire hydrants to cool off amid a weeklong heat wave. The neighborhood was peaceful by Friday morning, and there were no reports of injuries.
4 Iran sanctions: The U.N. Security Council on Friday resoundingly defeated a U.S. resolution to indefinitely extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran. The vote in the 15member council was two in favor, two against and 11 abstentions, leaving it far short of the minimum nine “yes” votes required for adoption. Russia and China strongly opposed the resolution. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said nations who supported the extension “know Iran will spread even greater chaos and destruction if the embargo expires, but the Security Council chose to ignore them.” While voting on the U.S. draft resolution was under way, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a meeting of leaders of the five permanent members of the Security Council along with Germany and Iran to avoid escalation over U.S. attempts to extend the embargo.
5 Child trafficking: A 2yearold boy abducted in June in the Mexican state of Chiapas has been found and returned to his mother, officials said Friday. A suspect was arrested. The search for Dylan Esau, who was led away from a market in San Cristobal de las Casas where his mother worked on June 30, led investigators to break up a child trafficking ring and recover 23 children, but not Dylan. Investigators said the children were forced to sell trinkets in the picturesque colonial city and housed in poor conditions. His mother had traveled to Mexico City to draw attention to her search. “The Chiapas Attorney General’s Office found the boy Dylan Esau and he is already with his mother, who did not rest a single day until she got him back,” said city councilman Emiliano Villatoro.