‘Appalling’ arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33
A man shouted “die” as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing at least 33 people in the nation’s worst mass murder in nearly two decades.
Two killed in suicide bombing, four beheaded in Egypt’s North Sinai, sources say
A suicide bombing killed at least two people in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Thursday, a day after four headless bodies were found there, security and medical sources said.
Car bomb explodes at gate of police headquarters in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
A car bomb exploded at a gate of police headquarters in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar on Thursday, a police official said.
Malnutrition, disease kill at least 139 displaced in Indonesia’s Papua – group
Thousands of people in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have been displaced by fighting between soldiers and separatists, and at least 139 of them have died from malnutrition and disease, an aid group said on Thursday.
Spain’s Sanchez says Podemos deal possible if leader not in cabinet
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez insisted on Thursday that he would not accept far-left Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias as a member of his cabinet, saying that was the main obstacle to clinching a deal to form a government.
Climate fears lift Greens’ chances of running Germany
A former trampolinist and a children’s author have led the Greens to a spectacular comeback in Germany, raising the once-unthinkable prospect of a Green chancellor succeeding Angela Merkel.
UK lawmakers prepare to vote on bid to hamper no-deal Brexit
British lawmakers will vote on Thursday on a beefed-up proposal aimed at making it harder for the next prime minister to try to force through a no-deal Brexit by suspending parliament.
Serbian interior ministry says Lufthansa bomb threat was fake
The Serbian interior ministry said a bomb threat which prompted the evacuation of a Lufthansa plane bound for Frankfurt on Thursday morning was fake.
U.S. general says will work ‘aggressively’ to enable free passage in the Gulf
U.S. Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Thursday it was talking to other countries about freedom of navigation in the Gulf and would work “aggressively” to find a solution to enable free passage.
Slovenia nominates Lenarcic to be EU commissioner
The Slovenian center-left government nominated its permanent representative at the European Union, Janez Lenarcic, for the post of EU commissioner on Thursday.
