A plane was flying from Northern Cyprus to Istanbul, when two men claiming to have a bomb tried to divert it to Tehran. But the pilot landed the plane in Antalya, saying it needed to refuel. 100 passengers managed to escape.

Students from a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad abduct a group of Chinese nationals, including women, accusing them of prostitution. They raided a house in a residential part of the city which they said was a brothel.

A Briton accused of plotting a bomb attack told his accomplices to sell poisoned hamburgers from street vending stalls and to contaminate beer cans sold at soccer matches.