Australian government moves to adjourn parliament
Australia’s embattled government moved to adjourn parliament on Thursday which would allow its ruling Liberal party to hold a second leadership vote for prime minister.
Australia PM unlikely to contest another leadership vote: Sky News
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is unlikely to contest a second leadership ballot, making way for Treasurer Scott Morrison as a surprise challenger for the top job, Sky News reported on Thursday.
Australian PM’s leadership looks doomed after senior ministers back rival
Besieged Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership looked doomed on Thursday after three of his senior ministers announced they had tendered their resignations and called for a second leadership vote.
Venezuelans entering Ecuador illegally receive help to reach Peru
Some 250 Venezuelans who illegally entered Ecuador to join tens of thousands fleeing a crisis at home have won safe passage to the Peruvian border, a few days before Peru’s government tightens its migration requirements.
Senior Australian ministers offer to resign, call for second leadership vote
Three senior Australian ministers tended their resignations on Thursday and called on besieged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to call a second leadership ballot, saying they believe he has lost the majority support of the ruling Liberal party.
Turkey accuses U.S. of waging ‘economic war’ in pastor dispute
Turkey accused Washington on Wednesday of waging “economic war” and failing to respect its legal system over the fate of an evangelical Christian pastor whose 21-month-long detention on terrorism charges has roiled relations between the NATO allies.
Australian leadership contender requests second vote on Turnbull
Australian Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull’s internal leadership rival on Thursday requested a second closed door party-room vote to decide the national leadership.
Images indicate North Korea halted dismantling of launch site: think tank
Satellite photos from last week indicate North Korea halted work to dismantle a missile engine test site in the first part of August, in spite of a promise to U.S. President Donald Trump at a June summit, a Washington think tank reported on Wednesday.
U.N. warns of ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya children
The United Nations warned on Thursday of what it described as a lost generation of Muslim Rohingya children, with half a million in refugee camps in Bangladesh facing dangers including disease and floods and those still in Myanmar lacking access to pro…
Exclusive: U.S. disregard for Turkish legal process ‘unacceptable’ – Erdogan spokesman
The spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday slammed what he said was the United States’ disregard for Turkey’s legal process, adding Washington had made arbitrary comments and demands in the case of a detained pastor.
