Honduras reaches deal with striking truckers, protests persist
Honduran authorities reached a deal on Thursday with striking truckers, whose protests had caused disruptive fuel shortages, but demonstrations against President Juan Orlando Hernandez that caused two deaths overnight persisted in the capital.
South African National Treasury hopes for swift approval of bill to speed up funds to Eskom
The South African National Treasury hopes parliament will approve a bill to speed up funds to struggling state power utility Eskom before the end of August, a department official said on Thursday.
Trump says Iran may have shot down U.S. drone by mistake
U.S. President Donald Trump played down Iran’s downing of a U.S. military drone on Thursday, saying he suspected it was shot by mistake and that “it would have made a big difference” to him if the remotely-controlled aircraft had been piloted.
EU agrees to extend Russia economic sanctions for six months: spokesman
European Union leaders unanimously agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for another six months because Moscow is not implementing the peace agreements for Ukraine, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Iran’s Zarif tweets that downed U.S. drone took off from UAE
Iran’s foreign minister said on Twitter that a U.S. military drone that was shot down by Tehran on Thursday had taken off from the United Arab Emirates.
EU leaders fail to get full support for 2050 carbon neutral target
A push to agree for the European Union to go carbon neutral by 2050 failed to get unanimous support at an EU leaders summit on Thursday, with the goal being moved to a footnote in the final summit statement.
Highlights: EU leaders meet to hammer out deal on climate, top jobs
The European Union’s 28 national leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to haggle over how ambitious their climate goals should be and who should navigate the bloc in coming years.
South Africa’s Ramaphosa says Eskom cannot be allowed to fail
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Thursday to speed up 230 billion rand ($16.11 billion) of support for ailing power utility Eskom, which he said was too vital to the economy to be allowed to fail.
Serbia sentences ex-soldiers for 1991 war crimes in Croatia
Serbia’s special war crimes court sentenced eight former Yugoslav Army soldiers and paramilitaries on Thursday to prison terms of between four and eight years for the killings of 28 Croat civilians during the 1991-1995 war.
Factbox: The two Conservatives fighting to be next UK PM
Former London mayor Boris Johnson will take on foreign minister Jeremy Hunt to become Britain’s next prime minister.
