WORLD HIGHLIGHTS

►Lebanon

BEIRUT Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi was expected to resign yesterday, almost six weeks after comments he made on Yemen sparked a row with Gulf countries that has crippled the government.

►Iraq

SULAIMANIYA An attack by Islamic State militants on a village in northern Iraq yesterday killed at least 13 people including three villagers and 10 Kurdish soldiers, officials in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said.

►Greece

ATHENS Two migrants died early yesterday when a speedboat overturned near the Greek island of Kos, the coastguard said, just days after authorities opened a new camp on the island.

►Solomon Islands

HONIARA The Solomon Islands is bracing for further political unrest, with fresh protests and a vote of confidence in the country's prime minister slated for Monday.

►Italy

ROME Italian authorities announced Thursday they had reached a deal to improve the labour conditions of riders for food delivery platforms and backed off a threatened fine of 730 million euros (US$825 million).

►DR Congo

BENI Uganda sent more troops and equipment, including armoured vehicles, into eastern DR Congo on Thursday, witnesses at the border said, on the third day of an operation against the ADF rebel group.

►Yemen

ADEN More than 60 non-governmental groups on Thursday urged the United Nations to ensure war crimes and human rights abuses in Yemen's conflict are documented and investigated to ensure accountability.

►Burkina Faso

COTONOU Two soldiers were killed on Thursday when jihadists attacked a military post in north Benin near the border with Burkina Faso, military sources said, in a rare Islamist militant assault in the West African state.

►US

WASHINGTON The White House confirmed Thursday that Kamala Harris's chief spokeswoman will be leaving the job at the end of the year, at a time when the vice president is hitting a patch of political turbulence. AGENCIES