World briefs

INDONESIA The Mount Agung volcano on Bali shot ash 2,000 meters into the atmosphere yesterday, disrupting the travel plans of thousands as several airlines canceled flights from the Indonesian tourist island.

MALAYSIA Former Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday that a huge haul of jewelry and valuables seized from properties linked to him as part of a money-laundering probe were mostly gifts and the police valuation was likely grossly inflated.

PHILIPPINES A communist rebel leader said yesterday that the insurgents can no longer hold peace talks with President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and that it is better to help oust him and negotiate with his successor.

INDIA A small chartered plane crashed yesterday in a busy area of Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, killing at least six people including two on the ground, police said.

IRAN says it has restarted production at a “major” uranium facility involved in its nuclear program, though it still pledges to follow the terms of the country’s landmark atomic deal now under threat after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the accord.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says a teenager has died after being wounded in Israeli shelling along the border.

KENYA A fire swept through one of Nairobi’s largest open-air markets yesterday, killing 15 people and sending 70 injured to hospitals, an official said, as traders who lived there struggled to wake their families and flee.

MALTA An aid ship carrying 234 migrants has docked in Malta’s capital after eight European nations agreed to accept the passengers who qualify as refugees.

MEXICO Citizens fed up with corruption and violence say their country is poised for a historic transformation in Sunday’s presidential election, while others fear the vote will bring a freefall into populism and autocratic rule.

VENEZUELA U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with some Venezuelan migrants Wednesday and pledged that the U.S. will support Venezuelans who have fled their homeland until “democracy is restored” in the South American country.