Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 28

The Russian government signed on Sunday a decree lifting the restrictions on charter flights to Turkey after an eight-month ban introduced due to tensions between the two countries arising from the downing of a Russian warplane by Ankara in November 2015. (Russia-Turkey-Flight Ban)

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MOSCOW -- Russia has redeployed airborne troops and marines to the Crimea peninsula amid an ongoing large-scale snap drill, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday. (Russia-Crimea-Troops)

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ANKARA -- Turkish airstrikes killed 25 Kurdish militants in northern Syria on Sunday, Turkish General Staff stated.

The airstrikes were conducted after Turkish army and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) attacked by the Kurdish terrorists groups on Saturday night, the statement said. (Turkey-Syria-Kurdish Militants)

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TRIPOLI -- Fierce clashes against the Islamic State (IS) militants in the Libyan city of Sirte killed 18 soldiers and injured another 120 on Sunday, according to Sirte's field hospital. (Libya-IS-Fighting)

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JAKARTA -- A man carrying bombs attacked a priest in a church in North Sumatra of western Indonesia on Sunday, leaving four people injured, a local TV reported.

The bomber ran toward the priest who was giving sermon with his backpack spreading fire, but two Christian followers stopped the bomber.(Indonesia-Church-Attack) Endi