Kyrgyz court holds ex-president after raid

A court in Kyrgyzstan has ordered the country's former president to be held in pre-trial detention after he was seized from his compound in raids that left one person dead and plunged the country in crisis. The Central Asian state, which has seen two revolutions in less than two decades, is caught in a standoff between ex-leader Almazbek Atambayev and his protege-turned-foe President Sooronbai Jeenbekov. A court in Bishkek late Thursday ordered the 62-year-old Atambayev held behind bars until August 26, a court spokesman said.