Migrant bodies found in Austria lorry
The bodies of at least 50 dead migrants were found in a parked lorry in eastern Austria, the police said on Thursday. The truck had been abandoned on the hard shoulder of the road near Parndorf. The refugees, who appeared to have suffocated, died before they entered Austria, the police said. Hans Peter Doskozil, head of police in the district of Burgenland, said that the toll could rise further.

North Korea dismisses top officials
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed top officials after a recent standoff with South Korea, state media reported on Friday. The rival nations earlier this week threatened strikes against each other before agreeing on measures to reduce animosity. The standoff began after two South Korean soldiers were maimed by land mines that Seoul says were planted by the the North. Seoul responded by resuming propaganda broadcasts critical of Kim's authoritarian rule for the first time in 11 years. Pyongyang then threatened to destroy the South Korean loudspeakers, and Seoul says the rivals exchanged artillery fire at the border.

Thailand issues warrant in Bangkok pier blast
An arrest warrant has been issued for an unnamed suspect in a bomb blast at a Bangkok pier that took place a day after Thailand's Erawan shrine blast killed 20 people. A court issued the warrant based on grainy video footage of a man in a blue shirt kicking a bag into the water near the pier on the night of August 17, soon after the blast at Bangkok's Hindu Erawan Shrine, police spokesman Prawut Thawornsiri said.

ISIS kills 2 Iraqi generals
Two Iraqi generals were killed in a suicide attack by the Islamic State militant group on Thursday morning outside the town of Ramadi. Two explosives-rigged American-made Humvees, seized on the battlefield, exploded near the generals’ convoy, according to Gen. Noman al-Zawbawy, an Iraqi Army commander stationed in Anbar.


Trump reiterates opposition to gun control
US businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he opposes stricter gun laws even after Wednesday’s shooting of two journalists. He added that he is in favour of addressing mental health issues to prevent shootings. "This isn't a gun problem, this is a mental problem, you are not going to get rid of all guns so I know one thing, if you tried to do it and the 'bad guys' would have them to use an expression and the good folks would abide by the law, that'd be hopeless and just it would be a hopeless situation for them," Trump said.