A former British soldier has been arrested over the Bloody Sunday killings in Derry, which left 14 Catholic protestors dead.

British troops opened fire on a civil rights march by Catholics in the city in the north of Ireland in January 1972, during the height of the Troubles.

The 66 year old who was arrested is a former member of the Parachute Regiment and is thought to be questioned in Belfast over the deaths of William Nash, Michael McDaid and John Young.

Kate Nash, whose 19-year-old brother, William, was killed on Bloody Sunday, said she welcomed the news.
"I had a call this morning from the police liaison officer that deals with our family," Ms Nash said to the BBC.

"She said that they had arrested a soldier and that he was being questioned. She said she wanted the family to know first before it went out on the news.

Myanmar’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, said that it expects it has won about 70% of the seats in Myanmar’s historic election this past weekend. Over 90 parties contested for the 498 seats in Myanmar’s parliament. While official results have been slow in coming out, the BBC has reported that 48 of the 54 seats reported have been won by the NLD.

Turnout for the election was estimated at about 80% of the 30 million who were eligible to vote. The Rohingya Muslim community were not among those eligible.

While many are concerned about possible issues with transition, in an early and significant result, the speaker of the Lower House of Parliament conceded defeat in his constituency to the NLD candidate. Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticised for failing to speak on the Rohingya issue, but with U.S. backed economic sanctions on the country, it will be a critical issue for the new parliament to address.

When Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi contested in Myanmar’s last free election in 1990, she led her democratic party to win 80% of the seats, against military proxies. The military then arrested and detained her for a period of almost 15 years until she was finally released for the last time in November 2010.

Turkish authorities have arrested 44 suspected supporters of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of plotting to overthrow the government.

According to Anadolu news agency, the arrested included several top bureaucrats and police officers.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won polls last week, giving his party a parliamentary majority, sees Mr Gulen as a rival.

According to the BBC, European observers said violence and media restrictions marred the polls.

China's President Xi Jinping will meet with the Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in a historic summit in Singapore on Saturday, the first meeting between the leaders of both countries.

The leaders said the talks would focus on bilateral ties. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and does not officially recognise its independence.

Taiwanese spokesman Chen Yi-hsin said President Ma's aim was "to promote peace cross the Taiwan Strait and maintain status quo".

Two Indian soldiers were killed in clashes with Pakistani forces in the disputed Kashmir territory.

An Indian army officer said Pakistani troops fired machine guns and grenades in the Gurez area of Bandipora district on Monday evening.

The violence occurred days before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Indian-administered Kashmir.

Ballots have gone out in Hawai'i to elect delegates to a convention which could create a government independent of the United States.

Polls to the convention, or 'aha, opened on Monday. Only Native Hawai'ians will be able to take part in the election, which will last till the end of the month.

A trilateral meeting between the leaders of China, Japan and South Kora has ended with the complete restoration of trade and security ties, at the first meeting of this nature since 2012.

Talks between South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Seoul, resulted in an agreement to continue work on concluding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a 16-nation free trade area favoured by China.

Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has regained its majority in parliament, which it lost during elections in June.

State-run Anadolu Agency said AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%.

However the party fell 14 seats short of the number required to call a referendum on changing the constitution and increasing the powers of the president.

The establishment of a humanitarian ceasefire and negotiations to end the civil war in Syria must not be delayed by disagreements over the eventual fate of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, said the UN Secretary General on Saturday.

Speaking at a news conference in Geneva on Saturday, Mr Ki Moon said,

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer called for states to act and ensure that violations of international law during war were punished.

In an “unprecedented joint warning,” they accused the world of responding to violations with “a disturbing paralysis.”

Condemning the routine violations of international law during war, Mr Ki Moon said,