Plane carrying Mugabe’s body lands in Zimbabwe: witness
A plane bringing the body of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe back to the country landed at its main airport on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said.
Brexit in chaos after court rules PM’s suspension of parliament was unlawful
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the British parliament was unlawful, a court ruled on Wednesday, prompting immediate calls for lawmakers to return to work as the government and parliament battle over the future of Brexit.
Defiant Catalan separatists call for independence
Catalan separatist supporters draped in pro-independence flags gathered in the regional capital Barcelona on Wednesday for a huge rally to call for a break from Spain and the release of their jailed leaders.
Sri Lanka presidential frontrunner loses bid to get corruption case dismissed
Sri Lanka’s top court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa to dismiss corruption charges against him, in a possible blow to the frontrunnner’s candidacy.
Lawyers seek Kurdish politician’s release from Turkish jail: source
Lawyers applied on Wednesday for Selahattin Demirtas, former leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), to be released from jail after a court ruled he was eligible to be set free, an HDP source said.
UK PM Johnson rules out Farage deal despite warning of electoral ‘kicking’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday ruled out an electoral pact with Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, which had warned that the Conservatives would take a “real kicking” in an election if Brexit was not a clean break from the EU.
Indonesia’s Habibie, president during transition to democracy, dies
Thousands of Indonesians gathered in Jakarta on Thursday to mourn former president B.J. Habibie, who came to power as the world’s fourth largest nation endured a turbulent transition to democracy after former strongman Suharto stepped down in 1998.
‘Day of Fire’: Blazes ignite suspicion in Amazon town
A maverick journalist in this isolated Brazilian ranching town warned his readers last month that the surrounding Amazon was about to go up in flames.
Factbox: Netanyahu’s West Bank pledge alarms Middle Eastern states
Middle Eastern nations have expressed alarm at a plan by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the occupied West Bank if he wins a closely contested election less than a week away.
French National Assembly head Ferrand questioned by judges: source
French National Assembly president Richard Ferrand, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron’s, was questioned on Wednesday by investigating judges over allegations of improper acquisition of interest, a source close to the probe said.
