FARAH, Afghanistan -- Eleven Taliban militants were killed after NATO-led coalition forces' planes struck Taliban positions in Afghanistan's western province of Farah overnight, local police said Monday.

"Up to 11 Taliban terrorist group fighters were killed following airstrikes launched by coalition forces in surrounding areas of Bala Buluk district, Farah province Sunday night," provincial police spokesman Muhibullah Muhib told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Airstrike)

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NEW DELHI -- The police in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh are learnt to have found out that people belonging to the tribal community allegedly killed as many as 11 tigers over the past one year for superstitious reasons, an English daily reported on Monday.

The police arrested as many as 19 tribals who during interrogation revealed that they offered body parts of big cats to their deities under the superstition that the practice would ward off the evils from their homes and lives, and bring in good fortune. (India-Tiger Death)

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TOKYO -- The Japanese government said Monday it is seeking third-party arbitration in a dispute with South Korea over compensation for forced wartime labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

Japan's Foreign Ministry is seeking the creation of a panel comprising members from a third country to address the issue and said it urges South Korea to agree to the request to advance the dispute that has soured diplomatic ties since October last year. (Japan-South Korea-Wartime labor-arbitration)

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MANILA -- Philippine security forces killed four New People's Army (NPA) rebels in an encounter Sunday afternoon in southern Surigao del Sur province, the military said on Monday.

The military said the four were killed in a 10-minute "running gun battle" with at least 10 guerrillas in Cancavan, a village in Carmen town in Surigao del Sur. (Philippines-NPA rebels-Death) Enditem

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