Twenty killed in plane crash in Swiss Alps
All 20 people on board were killed when a small vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps, police said on Sunday.
Bangladesh police fire tear gas to clear protesters blocking traffic
Bangladeshi police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse tens of thousands of students protesting for an eighth day to demand safer roads after two teenagers were mown down by a bus.
No U.S. government involvement in Venezuela drone blast: Bolton
A senior White House official on Sunday denied the United States was behind a drone blast on Saturday during a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was speaking.
Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 7.0 quake off Lombok island
Indonesia’s resort islands of Bali and Lombok were rocked by a magnitude 7 earthquake on Sunday, prompting a tsunami warning and panic among holidaymakers and residents.
Australia FM visits Indonesia bombing site, vows closer anti-terrorism effort
Australia’s foreign minister visited on Sunday the site of a bombing attack in Indonesia’s second-biggest city of Surabaya and vowed to intensify the two countries “very close counter-terrorism” partnership.
Saudi Arabia to admit Iranian diplomat: IRNA
Saudi Arabia has agreed to admit an Iranian diplomat to head an office representing Iranian interests in the kingdom, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, in a rare move after the rivals broke off relations in 2016.
Israel says Gaza truce talks focus on easing closure in return for calm
Israel set out limited goals for Gaza truce talks on Sunday, saying the focus was on a proposal to ease its blockade of the Islamist Hamas-controlled territory in return for the Palestinians calming their side of the frontier.
Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes north of Indonesia’s Lombok island: Indonesian authorities
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the north coast of Indonesia’s island of Lombok on Sunday, the Indonesian Meteorological Agency said.
California wildfires claim seventh victim, still spreading
A seventh person died in a northern California wildfire on Saturday, as a couple of other fast-growing wildfires in the state expanded by more than 25 percent overnight and continued to spread.
Heatwave eases in Europe’s hotspot Portugal, wildfire rages
Temperatures in Portugal, at the crest of a European heatwave, began to ease from near record levels on Sunday, but a forest fire raged for a third day in the south, battled by 800 firefighters and 12 aircraft.
