Factbox: Italy approves “citizens’ income” poverty relief scheme
The Italian government on Thursday approved a new poverty relief scheme known as the “citizens’ income”, fulfilling a long-standing election promise of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, which governs with the far-right League.
Sudan protesters, police clash as anti-Bashir unrest widens
Stone-throwing Sudanese demonstrators battled security forces in Khartoum on Thursday, witnesses said, and a child and a doctor were reported killed at the start of a fifth week of protests against President Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year-old rule.
Belarusian model who claimed Trump secrets detained in Moscow: Ifax
A model from Belarus who claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in U.S. President Donald Trump’s election was detained in an airport in Moscow on Thursday after being deported from Thailand, Interfax cited the police as saying.
UK’s Prince Philip, 97, escapes unhurt from car crash
Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip escaped uninjured from a car crash while driving on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England.
Boko Haram claims attack on northeast Nigerian town of Rann: video
Islamist insurgency Boko Haram has claimed it carried out Monday’s attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Rann, according to a video released on Thursday by Nigerian journalist Ahmad Salkida.
Zimbabwe charges activist pastor with subversion and incitement
Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire was charged in court on Thursday with subverting the government, punishable by up to 20 years in jail, after violent protests this week that were met by a brutal crackdown from security forces.
Israel calls Malaysian ban on its athletes ‘shameful’
Israel condemned on Thursday Malaysia’s ban on Israeli participation in international sporting events it hosts and said the decision was inspired by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s “rabid anti-Semitism”.
Britain should delay Brexit to hold citizen assemblies, Gordon Brown says
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday the government should delay the formal process of leaving the European Union by a year to hold citizens’ assemblies to break the political impasse over Brexit.
Beset by protests, Serb leader stages lavish reception for Putin
Serbia’s pro-Western President Aleksandar Vucic staged a lavish welcome for Vladimir Putin on Thursday – even presenting the visiting Russian leader with a puppy – in what critics called a bid to deflect attention from weeks of anti-government protests…
Russia, Serbia sign nuclear cooperation agreement
Russia and Serbia have signed a cooperation agreement on civil nuclear energy, state-owned Russian reactor builder Rosatom said in a statement on Thursday.
