World News Roundup Friday
World news roundup for Friday covering international developments: Lieberman shows flexibility on Haredi conscription, Saudi-led coalition intercepts a drone in Mecca, fire on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump calls Qatar's emir to discuss de-escalation with Iran, Turkish parliament ratifies a joint defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and a former Turkish minister detained in a financial scandal.
The world news roundup for Friday covers several prominent international developments. The summary includes an announcement by Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Avigdor Lieberman expressing his readiness to soften his opposition to exempting Haredim from military service, in an effort to form a government that would oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition announced it intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Mecca region. In Iran, a fire broke out on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, a day after Tehran announced that five other tankers had met the same fate. US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss efforts to end the war on Iran. In Turkey, the Turkish parliament ratified the 'Mecca Joint Defense Agreement' signed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. A former Turkish minister was also detained pending investigation in a multi-billion dollar investment fund scandal. Europe saw a series of bomb threats.