KHAN SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT – Pakistan’s former PM/international cricket great Imran Khan was wounded in the leg when gunfire hit his vehicle overnight. He was leading a demonstration in the city of Wazirabad, calling for early elections. Police have a man in custody, and in interview footage that’s been released, the man says he did it because Khan was “misguiding the people.”

ETHIOPIANS AGREE TO A NEW PEACE DEAL – After 2 years of civil war that has led to an estimated 500,000 deaths, an unexpected peace deal has been struck between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. It’s not the first time a truce has been agreed, but it’s hoped this one will stick.

NOW JAPAN’S IN NORTH KOREA’S SIGHTS – Yep, it fired an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) in that direction yesterday, but reports say it failed mid-flight. On Wednesday, North Korea fired more than 23 missiles – the most it’s ever launched in a single day – and experts’ reckon leader Kim Jong Un may be preparing to fire a nuclear test missile.