Iran on course to exceed nuclear pact limit within days: diplomats
Iran is on course to breach a threshold in its nuclear agreement within days by accumulating more enriched uranium than permitted, although it had not done so yet by a deadline it set for Thursday, diplomats said, citing U.N. inspectors’ data.
Japan PM Abe says hopes for ‘new era’ in Japan-China relations
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday he wanted to elevate ties with China to create a new era for Asia’s biggest economies, and invited President to Xi Jinping to Japan next spring.
Air India plane makes emergency landing in UK after hoax bomb threat
An Air India passenger plane flying to the United States was escorted by British fighter jets to land in London on Thursday after what an official at the airline later said was a hoax bomb threat.
Macron warns he won’t sign Mercosur deal if Brazil leaves climate accord
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would not sign any trade deal with Brazil if President Jair Bolsonaro pulled out of the Paris climate accord, threatening to put a spanner in the works of EU-Mercosur trade negotiations.
EU calls on Italy to find swift solution for migrants aboard rescue boat
The European Union called on Italy on Thursday to help find a swift resolution for the migrants aboard the charity ship Sea-Watch, which entered Italian waters in defiance of a ban from Rome.
Second suicide bomber attacks police station in Tunisian capital, four wounded: Interior Ministry
A second suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in al-Qarjani district in the Tunisian capital, wounding four people, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Sri Lankan presidential hopeful Rajapaksa faces new lawsuits in U.S. court
Sri Lankan torture victims have filed 10 new claims for damages in a U.S. court against wartime defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa, lawyers for the plaintiffs and a rights group said, possibly jeopardizing his plan to run for president.
Czech government survives no-confidence vote but cabinet still fragile
The Czech minority government led by the populist ANO party on Thursday survived a vote of no confidence in parliament after public protests against Prime Minister Andrej Babis, but the cabinet’s fate was still in the balance.
Five wounded in suicide bomber attack in Tunisian capital
At least five people were wounded in the Tunisian capital on Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up, the government said.
Ethiopia police arrest 56 members of ethnic Amhara party, says group’s spokesman
Police have arrested 56 members of an ethnic Ethiopian party over a failed coup in the northern Amhara region, a spokesman for the party said on Thursday.
