Yemen peace talks on hold as U.N. mediator awaits Houthi team
U.N.-mediated Yemen peace talks hung in the balance as the government delegation warned that it would leave on Friday if representatives of the Houthi movement had not shown up.
Turkey to open Paraguay embassy after policy shift on Israeli capital
Turkey will open an embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, the South American country said on Thursday, a day after President Mario Abdo reversed the previous administration’s decision to move its diplomatic mission in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
Ex-U.N. chief Ban’s nephew sentenced to prison in U.S. for bribe scheme
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s nephew was sentenced on Thursday to six months in U.S. prison for a bribery scheme that he thought would result in the sale of a Vietnamese building complex to a Qatari sovereign wealth fund, federal prosecut…
Protesters torch political party offices in Basra’s fourth night of violence
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Iraq’s southern oil city Basra on Thursday for a fourth day of violent protests, where residents, angry over the neglect of their city’s collapsing infrastructure, set fire to political offices.
One protester dead, 14 injured during violent protests in Iraq’s Basra as curfew re-imposed
One protester has died and 14 more were injured during violent protests in Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra on Thursday, local health and security sources said.
Guatemala tells U.N. Secretary-General to back off
Guatemala’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should not interfere with the country’s decision to bar an anti-corruption prosecutor.
Brazil candidate Bolsonaro stabbed while campaigning, not seriously hurt: son
Brazilian far-right and poll-leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed in the abdomen while campaigning on Thursday for next month’s election, his son Flavio said in a Twitter message sent from his verified account.
Italy moves against corruption with ‘bribe destroyer’ bill
Italy’s government on Thursday moved to prevent people convicted of serious corruption from ever working with the state again with a bill it says will save billions of euros.
Brazil’s jailed Lula set to give up run for presidency: sources
Brazil’s jailed former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is preparing to give up his bid to run in next month’s presidential election, three party sources said, after he lost two appeals at the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Protesters in Iraq’s Basra attack offices of political parties and state-run TV channel
Protesters in Iraq’s Basra on Thursday set fire to the headquarters of the ruling Dawa Party, the Islamic Supreme Council and the largest Iran-backed Shi’ite militia group in the country, the Badr Organization, local security sources said.
