Macron takes election dig at Merkel’s party over Hungary
French President Emmanuel Macron took a rare public dig at German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday by questioning her party’s ties with Hungary’s right-wing leader as the EU prepares for an election next year.
Yemen peace talks hit snag as U.N. mediator awaits Houthi team
U.N.-mediated Yemen peace talks hung in the balance on Thursday as the government delegation warned that it would leave on Friday if representatives of the Houthi movement had not shown up.
International Criminal Court says it has jurisdiction over alleged crimes against Rohingya
The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on Thursday that it has jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity.
Djibouti, Eritrea agree to normalize ties strained since 2007
Eritrea and Djibouti have agreed to normalize ties following a regional meeting, ministers said on Thursday, a decade after a border spat led to brief military clashes.
Dozens of Venezuelans in Peru seek to return home despite crisis
Dozens of Venezuelans who fled their crisis-stricken country for Peru are seeking to take up a Caracas offer to fly them home, as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seizes on hardships migrants face abroad to shore up domestic support.
U.S. Treasury sanctions North Korean hacker, company for cyber attacks
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions against a North Korean computer programmer and the company he worked for, accusing them of the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware attack and the 2014 cyber attack on Sony Corp.
U.S. charges North Korean hacker for cyber attacks against Sony, UK NHS
The U.S. Justice Department charged a North Korean hacker for cyber attacks against Sony Corp and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, according to a criminal complaint released on Thursday.
Deep magnitude 7.8 quake hits offshore from Suva, Fiji: USGS
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit 105 km east-southeast of Suva, Fiji, at a depth of 608 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday.
Turkey offers cash, promises passports to families of Syria rebels killed in Afrin
Turkey is compensating the families of Syrian rebels who died fighting in support of its offensive in Syria’s Afrin, promising them citizenship and a house in Turkey, a rebel commander and families said.
Kosovo, Serbia consider a land swap, an idea that divides the Balkans
Shaip Kamberi, the mayor of Serbia’s municipality of Bujanovac, will start living a long-time dream if Serbia reaches an agreement to swap some of its territory with neighboring Kosovo.
