With Yemen in turmoil, U.N. seeks to build trust as first step towards peace
Yemen’s first round of peace talks in almost three years aims to build confidence between the warring sides, U.N. mediator Martin Griffiths said on Wednesday, playing down a delay in the arrival of one delegation.
Helicopter crashes into Czech industrial hall, killing four onboard
A small helicopter crashed into a building in an industrial zone in the Czech city of Plzen on Wednesday, killing all four people onboard, police said.
Britain charges two Russians for state-backed plot to kill Skripals
Britain charged two Russians in absentia on Wednesday with the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter, and said the suspects were military intelligence officers almost certainly acting on orders from high up in the Russian state.
Thomas Cook says it found e-coli in Egypt hotel where Britons died
British tour operator Thomas Cook said it had found a high level of e-coli and staphylococcus bacteria at the hotel in Egypt where two holidaymakers died last month.
Two opposition lawmakers elected in Rwanda for the first time
Opposition candidates have won seats in the Rwandan parliament for the first time, election results showed on Wednesday, although the two new lawmakers will be heavily outnumbered by members of President Paul Kagame’s ruling party.
Paraguay to move embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv: foreign minister
Paraguay will move its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, reversing a May decision by former President Horacio Cartes to move the diplomatic site to Jerusalem, the South American country’s foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday.
At least 20 dead as twin blasts hit Afghan capital
A suicide attack at a wrestling club in a Shi’ite neighborhood of the Afghan capital Kabul and a second explosion apparently targeting emergency services and journalists killed at least 20 people and wounded 70 on Wednesday, officials said.
Bangladesh ex-PM decries lack of justice over prison court hearing
Former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia said on Wednesday there was ‘no justice’ as she appeared before a makeshift court at a prison where she is serving a five-year sentence for corruption.
Brazil prosecutors accuse presidential candidate Alckmin of illegal campaign funding: report
Brazilian state prosecutors accused Geraldo Alckmin, a market-friendly presidential candidate, of administrative misconduct for allegedly taking 10 million reais ($2.40 million) in illegal campaign funding, a news website reported on Wednesday.
Germany’s Maas in Turkey to tend to troubled Berlin-Ankara relationship
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrived in Turkey on Wednesday hoping to restore relations that have been in deep freeze since a post-coup crackdown in which Ankara imprisoned tens of thousands of people, including many German citizens.
