Yemen’s Houthis launch strike on Saudi utility station, no damage
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched a projectile into southern Saudi Arabia late on Wednesday which the Saudi-led coalition said landed near a desalination plant without causing damage or casualties.
Japan opposition leader sees ‘double election’ unlikely
Prospects are fading for a snap election for parliament’s lower house in tandem with a summer upper house poll, the leader of Japan’s second-biggest opposition party said on Thursday.
Turkey’s Erdogan says he believes U.N. will look into death of Egypt’s Mursi
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he believed the United Nations will look into the “suspicious” death of Islamist former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi and hold those responsible accountable.
South Sudan lawmakers quit budget presentation over unpaid public salaries
South Sudanese lawmakers stormed out of a budget presentation by the finance minister on Thursday, with one citing frustrations over non-payment of salaries to civil servants and soldiers.
Four jailed for life over death of 71 migrants in Hungarian truck
A Hungarian court jailed four human traffickers for life on Thursday for the deaths of 71 migrants whose decomposing bodies were found crammed inside a truck dumped on an Austrian motorway.
Then there were two: Brexit campaigner Johnson far ahead in race to lead Britain
Boris Johnson, a former foreign secretary who helped lead the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, is the runaway favorite to win a final pair of ballots on Thursday that will whittle down the race to replace Prime Minister Theresa May to two candidates.
China’s Xi arrives in North Korea a week before he’s due to meet Trump
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Thursday as Beijing looks to bolster its neighbor, hit by U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, a week before Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump meet amid a bitter trade dispute.
Eastern EU states would back Barnier for Commission President: Hungary
European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will be among the candidates that East European member states Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia can support to become the next European Commission president, a senior Hungarian official sai…
Visegrad group to agree common stance on EU’s 2050 climate goals: Hungary
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic – the so-called “Visegrad Four” countries – will agree a common stance on the European Union’s 2050 climate goals, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday.
Hong Kong ignores protest deadline to scrap extradition bill, sets stage for further protests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ignored a Thursday deadline set by some protesters to withdraw an extradition bill that she promoted then postponed, setting the stage for a new wave of demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city.
