YANGON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former U.N. chief Kofi Annan on Monday oversaw the first meeting of a panel tasked with bringing peace to a region where violence between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims has cast a pall over the country's democratic transition.

TORONTO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Canada's television regulator said on Friday it will use the pending expiry of broadcast licenses as leverage in talks with distributors to judge their adherence to new rules forcing them to offer channels individually.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Chinese government said on Friday it was investigating two high-profile takeover proposals involving U.S. companies, the latest sign of its growing influence on whether deals are approved - even those appearing to have little impact in China.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Journalists from NBC, ABC, CNN and Fox News will moderate the three scheduled debates between U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 8 election, the nonpartisan group organizing the events said on Friday.

COLOMBO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Sri Lanka to do more to redress wrongs committed during 26 years of war with Tamil rebels, including returning land and restoring the accountability of the judiciary and security services.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan on Friday, a rescue official said, hours after militants killed two people in a Christian neighborhood in the same region.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban faction Jamaat-ur-Ahrar on Friday claimed responsibility for twin bombs at a court that killed at least 12 people in the country's northwest, just hours after another attack by the group in the same region killed two others.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Donald Glover and Pamela Adlon do not have a lot in common. The former is a rapper and comedy writer who became known in TV circles for his five-season long stint on the cult comedy "Community." The latter is a performer with a long career as a voice actor and comedian who is probably best known for her recurring role on "Louie."

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - The first season of Netflix's supernatural sensation "Stranger Things" has revealed the show's monster to be one of its most intriguing and memorable characters.