With forest wildfires raging, Bolivia seeks help from SuperTanker plane
Bolivian firefighters are still trying to put out wildfires that have already burned more than 650,000 hectares (1.6 million acres) of tropical forest, roughly the size of the U.S. state of Delaware, officials said on Thursday.
Leader of Somalia’s Jubbaland, at odds with Mogadishu, wins new term
The president of Jubbaland, a Somali region critical to East Africa’s fight against the Islamist militants of al Shabaab, won a new term on Thursday, highlighting a growing rift between the federal government and its semi-autonomous states.
Polish rescue service finds body of trapped caver
Polish rescuers have found the body of one of two cavers trapped in a cavern in Poland’s Tatra mountains since Saturday, mountain rescue service TOPR said late on Thursday.
Canadians’ message ahead of the election: make life more affordable
Canadians have a message for politicians appearing on their front stoops ahead of Canada’s upcoming national election in October: life is getting more expensive.
Netanyahu hints at Israeli involvement in Iraq blasts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Thursday of possible Israeli involvement in attacks against Iranian-linked targets in Iraq.
Italy’s president gives parties to Tuesday to build majority
President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday gave Italy’s bickering parties five days to clinch a deal to resolve a political crisis and avoid a snap election.
Yemen’s separatists clash with government forces in Shabwa: sources
Southern Yemeni separatists clashed with government forces in the southern oil-producing province of Shabwa on Thursday, local officials and residents said, in the latest violence between nominal allies that has strained an Arab military coalition.
Yemen’s Houthis say al-Hadida airport was targeted: group’s al Masirah TV
Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that “hostile forces” had targeted al-Hadida airport in western Yemen with gunfire.
U.S. urges Colombia and Central America to help stem migration
The U.S. government on Thursday called on Central American and Colombian authorities to help curb illegal immigration to the United States, widening the net of countries the Trump administration has sought to enlist to contain the phenomenon.
Canada’s Freeland to return to Cuba to discuss Venezuelan crisis
Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday she would go to Cuba next week to speak with her counterpart there, Bruno Rodriguez, about ending the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and returning it to democracy.
