World briefs

INDONESIA A strong earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok yesterday, killing at least three people and shaking neighboring Bali, one week after another quake on Lombok killed more than a dozen.

NORTH KOREA Asia’s top diplomats pressed North Korea on the weekend to turn a pledge to completely dismantle its nuclear arsenal into reality amid concerns that it’s proceeding with its programs. More on p12

RUSSIA A Russian helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff in Siberia, killing all 18 people aboard, mostly oil workers, authorities said.

PAKISTAN Gunmen killed one police officer and wounded another during an overnight search operation for suspects linked to the torching of nearly a dozen schools in northern Pakistan.

BANGLADESH Thousands of angry young people took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital again yesterday to demand safer streets, facing police firing tear gas and pro-government activists who attacked them with clubs. More on p13

SAUDI ARABIA says it will resume oil shipments through the Bab al-Mandeb strait after they were temporarily halted following attacks by Yemen’s Shiite rebels.

ETHIOPIA Soldiers have clashed with a local police force in the restive Somali region, with the defense ministry saying it will “take the necessary measures” to restore order.

ISRAEL Tens of thousands of members of Israel’s Druze minority and their Jewish supporters, some chanting “equality,” packed a central Tel Aviv square Saturday night to rally against a contentious new law that critics say sidelines Israel’s non-Jewish citizens.

CROATIA-SERBIA Croatia yesterday celebrated a victorious 1995 military offensive in which it retook lands held by rebel Serbs, while Serbia’s president compared the operation to the policies of Nazi Germany.

PORTUGAL Lisbon broke a 37-year-old record to notch its hottest temperature ever as an unrelenting heat wave baked Portugal and neighboring Spain. New heat records were set in 26 places around Portugal.

VENEZUELA President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast live on television, officials said.

BRAZIL The Workers’ Party in Brazil has named jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its nominee for the country’s top job in October’s election.