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.
Syrian PM Khamis says Idlib will ‘soon’ be under state control
Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis said on Thursday in Damascus that opposition-controlled Idlib province will soon be restored to Syrian state sovereignty, vowing to win any coming war.
Only half-joking: Turkish satirical magazine shrinks as paper prices rise
Facing a steep rise in costs as the lira crashed and the price of imported paper soared, satirical magazine LeMan bucked the trend in Turkish media last week and left its cover price unchanged.
U.S. charges North Korean hacker in Sony, WannaCry cyberattacks
The U.S. government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp , U.S. officials said.
Amnesty criticizes expulsion of Turkish nationals from Moldova
The human rights group Amnesty International criticized a decision by the Moldovan authorities on Thursday to detain and expel a group of Turkish citizens, calling it part of a pattern of reprisals against Turkish nationals living abroad.
U.S. should suspend military aid to Uganda: lawyer for critic of Museveni
The United States should suspend military aid to Uganda over the government’s human rights record, the U.S. lawyer for a prominent critic of President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday.
Djibouti, Eritrea agree to normalize ties strained since 2008
Eritrea and Djibouti have agreed to normalize ties a decade after a border dispute led to brief military clashes, officials said on Thursday after a regional summit.
We are ready to welcome you, NATO’s Stoltenberg tells Macedonia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Macedonians on Thursday to vote in a referendum to embrace a deal on its name with neighboring Greece and join the defense alliance.
Yemeni families mourn at new cemetery built for children killed in air strike
Hafidh Abdullah al-Khawlani watched as his father arranged some plastic flowers on top of one of dozens of small, fresh graves lining the dusty new cemetery in Saada, north Yemen.
