NATO: A meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels today produced “no consensus” on whether to invite Ukraine to join the transatlantic military alliance, according to Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto.

Kiev sees Nato membership as an essential condition for bringing an end to its current war with Russia, but the Hungarian foreign minister warned that it “would be tantamount to initiating World War III.”

BELGIUM: Authorities said today that they had opened a fraud investigation into former EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders, just days after his mandate ended.

Brussels prosecutor-general’s office spokeswoman An Schoonjans told reporters that the probe was looking into “possible money-laundering practices.” 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Extremists linked to jihadist group Islamic State killed at least nine people, including an eight-month-old baby and a teenage girl, in the country’s east and kidnapped several others, authorities said today.

Allied Democratic Forces rebels attacked civilians in Tenambo village in the North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, said army spokesman Colonel Mak Hazukay in a statement.

The extremists also set fire to houses in the village and kidnapped three people, Oicha Deputy Mayor Jean De Die Kambale Kibwana told local media.

PHILIPPINES: A group led by left-wing activists filed a second impeachment complaint against Vice-President Sara Duterte today over her alleged misuse of government funds and demanded that she be permanently barred from public office.

The impeachment complaint was filed with the House of Representatives by at least 74 activists, including human rights, trade union and student leaders.