Yemen’s Houthis say launch drone attacks against Saudi Arabia’s Abha and Jizan airports
Yemen’s Houthi movement targeted Abha and Jizan airports in southern Saudi Arabia with drone attacks on Sunday, the group’s Al-Masirah TV said.
Pompeo says to travel to Saudi Arabia, UAE, repeats offer for talks with Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Sunday he will travel to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates for talks, and repeated his offer for negotiations with Iran “with no preconditions” to de-escalate tensions.
Israel will hear U.S. peace plan in ‘fair and open manner’: Netanyahu
Israel will examine U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan in “a fair and open manner”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
Czechs demand PM Babis quit in biggest protest since communist era
An estimated quarter of a million Czechs rallied in Prague on Sunday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in the biggest show of public discontent since the 1989 Velvet Revolution which overthrew Communism.
Old wine in new bottles? U.S. economic plans for Palestinians recall past efforts
Several major projects in U.S. President Donald Trump’s $50 billion economic blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian peace mirror previous proposals stalled by conflict, analysts said on Sunday.
Turkey’s AK Party candidate says opposition leading Istanbul vote count
Turkey’s AK Party candidate for Istanbul mayor Binali Yildirim said on Sunday his opposition rival Ekrem Imamoglu was ahead for now, offering his congratulations and saying he hoped Imamoglu would serve the city well.
British minister held ‘constructive’ talks with Iran on rising tensions
The British minister for the Middle East had “open, frank and constructive” talks with Iranian government representatives about rising tensions in the region during a visit to Tehran, Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office said on Sunday.
Turkey’s opposition leads based on initial results in Istanbul re-run
Turkey’s main opposition was leading with 53.6% of votes versus 45.4% for President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party in Istanbul’s high-stakes re-run mayoral election, with nearly 95% of the city’s ballots opened, CNN Turk said on Sunday.
Venezuela detains six military, police officials: family members, activists
Venezuelan authorities have arrested six members of the country’s military and police forces over the weekend, according to relatives of the detainees and human rights activists, as President Nicolas Maduro seeks to weed out dissent.
Ethiopia’s army chief, three others killed in failed regional coup
Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the head of the northern state of Amhara were killed in two separate but related attacks when a general tried to seize control of Amhara in an attempted coup, the prime minister’s office said on Sunday.
