Basque separatist group ETA has said it will fully disarm on 8 April, the BBC has reported, citing a letter from the organisation.
The moves comes after the Basque parliament asked ETA to disarm as soon as possible.
Friday, 7 April, 2017
Spain: Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) will be fully disarmed Saturday 8 April 2017
Thursday, 6 April, 2017
Colombia: Government and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels agree to deescalate fighting
Colombia’s government and National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas on Thursday announced they have agreed to deescalate fighting.
To “protect non-combatants and the civilian population from the effects of the armed conflict,” both sides agreed to “decrease the intensity of the fighting,” according to a joint statement.
Wednesday, 5 April, 2017
Pakistan: Taliban attack kills 6 people, including census workers
A Taliban suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying census workers in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two data collectors and four soldiers who were escorting them, officials said.
The attack took place on the outskirts of Lahore, said Malik Ahmad Khan, the provincial government spokesman. A local police official, Mohammad Afzal, said that 15 other people were wounded in the blast, which damaged nearby shops.
Syria: 70 killed, including children, in worst chemical attack in years
The death toll from the suspected gas attack Tuesday in Syria’s Idlib province has reached 70, according to the Aleppo Media Center. That includes at least 10 children.
The attack is suspected to be one of the deadliest chemical attacks in Syria in years, multiple activist groups say. The Aleppo Media Center says 45 bodies have been identified so far.
Tuesday, 4 April, 2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kamwina Nsapu armed group kills 8 people in the south
Authorities say a brutal armed group in southern Congo blamed for murdering a UN team has killed at least eight people over the weekend.
The fighters loyal to traditional leader Kamwina Nsapu launched their attack on Luebo late Friday. Among the victims was the area administrator’s wife.
Monday, 3 April, 2017
Thailand: 12 police injured in attack by suspected insurgents in south of the country
Some 20 to 30 suspected insurgents injured 12 officers while attacking a police checkpoint in the Thai Deep South with grenade launchers and other weapons on Monday, the police chief in Yala province said.
The attack in Yala’s Krong Pinang district appeared to have been carried out in retaliation for the killings of two suspected rebels by security personnel last week in Narathiwat, another province in the Deep South, officials said.
Russia: Russia blames terrorists for Saint Petersburg subway blast that kills at least 10 people
Russia blamed terrorists for an explosion on Monday that killed at least 10 people in a subway train in St. Petersburg, the country’s second-largest city and the hometown of President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting at the time.
There was no indication that Putin, who was in St. Petersburg for talks with Belarusian President Alexander G. Lukashenko, was anywhere near the underground blast, which injured at least 47 people in addition to the dead.