Edinburgh / AFP Scotland’s government published a draft independence referendum bill on Thursday as a fallback plan if it is not able to keep strong ties with the EU and win more powers from London as part of Brexit talks. The bill would give non-British EU citizens living in Scotland, who were not allowed to take part in the EU …

  Jakarta / AFP An Indonesian IS group supporter was jailed for 10 years on Thursday for helping make a bomb used in a deadly attack in Jakarta, as the country faces an increase in IS-linked assaults. Dodi Suridi, 23, was found guilty of committing an act of terror over his links to the attack in the Indonesian capital in January, …

  Seoul / AFP North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be a failed test—its second in a week—of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be deployed as early as next year. South Korean and US military monitors said the missile—believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan—exploded shortly after take-off at around 6:30 am Pyongyang time. The attempted launch …