Manila / AFP The leader of the Philippines’ communist insurgency said on Thursday he expects to end nearly 30 years in exile by returning from Europe to Manila as early as next month. While running for office last month, Rodrigo Duterte, now the newly elected president, said Jose Maria Sison, the rebel leader and Communist Party of the Philippines …

  DUSHANBE / AP Officials from China’s traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang say they will not interfere with fasting and other standard religious activities during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The officials said at a news conference on Thursday that restaurants will be allowed to keep their own hours and activities in mosques and homes will be legally protected. …

  Paris / AFP France will accept 400 refugees per month from Greece as part of the EU relocation deal it signed last year, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Thursday. “This week, as part of the relocation, 97 additional refugees have arrived in France coming from Greece and Italy,” Cazeneuve said in a statement, adding that another 253 were …