Humanitarian convoy ambushed in Burma; no casualties reported

A convoy including diplomats representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on a mission to provide humanitarian assistance to displaced people in strife-torn Myanmar has been ambushed, state media and a member of an ethnic minority militia said Monday. State-run television MRTV

Explosion reported at Iraqi airport at center of Kurdish conflict

An explosion struck next to the Suleimaniyah International Airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region Friday, local officials said. The blast came days after Turkey closed its airspace to flights to and from the airport, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant