World Briefs

THAILAND Thai Airways has disclosed that its chairman has resigned as the carrier struggles with financial challenges.

BANGLADESH A court in Dhaka granted bail yesterday to micro-credit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus over the firing of three employees by Grameen Communications, where he is chairman.

MYANMAR U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern yesterday over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar’s government to take responsibility by dealing with the “root causes” of their flight and working toward their safe repatriation.

VIETNAM All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated container truck in England last week were Vietnamese nationals, British police said, as three more people were arrested in Ireland and Vietnam in the sprawling international investigation into what appears to be a people-smuggling tragedy.

PAKISTAN Tens of thousands of Islamists at a massive protest camp in Pakistan’s capital awaited yesterday’s deadline set by their leader calling for the prime minister resign.

SAUDI ARABIA formally began an initial public offering yesterday of a sliver of oil giant Saudi Aramco after years of delay, hoping international and local investors will pay billions of dollars for a stake in the kingdom’s crown jewels.

LEBANON Thousands of people marched to show their support for Lebanon’s president and his proposed political reforms.

ISRAEL Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military will continue to strike its enemies, including through covert missions, after a weekend flareup of violence in the Gaza Strip.

BOLIVIA Opponents of Bolivian President Evo Morales are calling or him to resign even as an international team of experts is auditing the election results that showed him winning a new term.

ITALY An Italian offshore supply vessel has brought 151 migrants to Sicily after rescuing them in waters off Libya a day earlier.

UK Britain’s election campaign heated up yesterday even before it officially started, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he would apologize to Conservatives for failing to take the U.K. out of the European Union by Oct. 31 and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage saying he won’t personally run for a seat in Parliament.