Indonesia president calls for unity after court upholds his election win
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld the victory of President Joko Widodo in April’s election, dismissing allegations by the opposition that the vote to lead the world’s third-biggest democracy was rigged.
Russia blames fatal 2018 plane crash on crew error: RIA
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee said on Thursday that crew error was one of the reasons for the crash of an AN-148 passenger plane outside Moscow in February 2018 that killed all 71 people on board, RIA news agency reported.
Accident at Glencore mine kills at least 39 in Congo
At least 39 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said.
Paris prosecutor drops perjury probe into Macron officials
The Paris prosecutor on Thursday dropped an investigation into alleged perjury by three current and former officials in the president’s office in connection with the “Benalla affair”, a saga which engulfed Emmanuel Macron’s office last summer.
UK Labour politicians slam party for re-admitting lawmaker in anti-Semitism dispute
Senior politicians in Britain’s Labour opposition expressed fury with their party on Thursday for readmitting a lawmaker who was suspended over comments he had made about anti-Semitism and demanded that leader Jeremy Corbyn intervene.
U.S. envoy says Iran sanction working, warns against nuclear breaches
The U.S. policy of maximum economic pressure on Tehran is working but the sanctions do not give Iran the right to breach its nuclear commitments, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
Two wounded in shooting outside mosque in western France
Two people were shot and wounded outside a mosque in Brest, western France, on Thursday, police said.
French minister backpedals after stir over journalist watchdog
A French minister was forced to backpedal on Thursday after he suggested creating a journalist watchdog to sanction media outlets that spread false information, stirring outrage among reporters.
France’s Sarkozy reveals his ‘Passions’ but insists no come-back on cards
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy published a new memoir on Thursday but was quick to dismiss speculation he might return to politics to rescue his old center-right party, which has shed support since President Emmanuel Macron stormed to power.
Palestinian PM expects no political plan from U.S. Bahrain workshop
A day after the Trump administration wrapped up an international conference meant to lay the economic foundations for Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Palestinian premier said it was “divorced from reality” and unlikely to evolve into a political plan.
