Saudi Arabia to admit Iranian diplomat: IRNA
Saudi Arabia has agreed to admit an Iranian diplomat to head an office representing Iranian interests in the kingdom, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, in a rare move after the rivals broke off relations in 2016.
Israel says Gaza truce talks focus on easing closure in return for calm
Israel set out limited goals for Gaza truce talks on Sunday, saying the focus was on a proposal to ease its blockade of the Islamist Hamas-controlled territory in return for the Palestinians calming their side of the frontier.
Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes north of Indonesia’s Lombok island: Indonesian authorities
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the north coast of Indonesia’s island of Lombok on Sunday, the Indonesian Meteorological Agency said.
California wildfires claim seventh victim, still spreading
A seventh person died in a northern California wildfire on Saturday, as a couple of other fast-growing wildfires in the state expanded by more than 25 percent overnight and continued to spread.
Heatwave eases in Europe’s hotspot Portugal, wildfire rages
Temperatures in Portugal, at the crest of a European heatwave, began to ease from near record levels on Sunday, but a forest fire raged for a third day in the south, battled by 800 firefighters and 12 aircraft.
Kremlin plans to turn annexed Crimea into cultural capital
Six masterpieces from Russia’s top art galleries and museums will be moved to Crimea to be housed in a new cultural center on the peninsula, according to a project presented to President Vladimir Putin.
Vintage plane’s crash in Switzerland killed all 20 on board, police say
A vintage plane’s crash in Switzerland on Saturday killed all 20 people on board, Grisons cantonal police said on Sunday.
Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim wins party presidency
Malaysian political leader Anwar Ibrahim won the presidency of the People’s Justice Party (PKR) on Sunday, becoming next in line to take over as prime minister when current premier Mahathir Mohamad steps down.
Suicide bomb attack kills at least three Somali soldiers outside Mogadishu
At least three Somali soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afgoye district, a town 30 km to the north west of the capital Mogadishu, police and militants said.
Exclusive: Iraq election commission ignored warnings over voting machines – document
Iraq’s election commission ignored an anti-corruption body’s warnings about the credibility of electronic vote-counting machines used in May’s parliamentary election, according to investigators and a document seen by Reuters.
