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Japanese police have named the man suspected of carrying out a deadly arson attack on an animation studio. The fire swept through Kyoto Animation (KyoAni) on Thursday, claiming at least 33 lives and injuring many in one of Japan’s worst mass killings in years. Shinji Aoba is in police custody in hospital and is being treated for burns before he can be questioned.
The United States says a US Navy ship has “destroyed” an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the vessel, a claim Iran promptly denied. In remarks at the White House on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said the drone had flown to within 1,000 meters of the USS Boxer and had ignored “multiple calls to stand down”.
A man convicted of the rape and killing of British teenager Scarlett Keeling in Goa has been sentenced to “10 years of rigorous imprisonment”. It means Samson D’Souza, who was convicted earlier this week, will be forced to carry out hard labor behind bars while serving his jail term in India. He drugged and attacked Ms Keeling during a Valentine’s Day party on the popular Anjuna beach in 2008, and left the 15-year-old to die.
China’s second space lab will return to Earth in a controlled demolition Friday, according to the country’s space agency. Most of the craft will burn up in the atmosphere, but a small amount of debris is expected to crash into the South Pacific, far from any land, according to state news agency Xinhua.
Tiangong-2 was launched in September 2016 and has been in orbit for over 1,000 days, exceeding its planned 2-year life span.
Germany’s Angela Merkel threw her weight behind her embattled new defense minister and heir-apparent on Friday, while insisting she herself was fit to carry on serving as chancellor through to the end of her term in 2021. Merkel, who turned 65 on Wednesday and has been in office since 2005, has suffered several bouts of shaking at public ceremonies in recent weeks that have stirred speculation about her health, though she has maintained she is fine.