• Five European volunteers who worked in Greece during the migrant crisis were cleared of charges of illegally bringing migrants into the country. [The New York Times]• The Armenian opposition leader, Nikol Pashinyan, who led protests that forced the prime minister to resign, is expected to be chosen for that post by Parliament today. [The New York Times]• New York State’s attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, resigned after four women accused him of physical assault. [The New York Times]• When the U.S. Embassy in Israel officially opens in Jerusalem next week, President Trump won’t be there: The U.S. delegation is expected to include his daughter Ivanka and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. [Bloomberg]• In Lebanon, the first parliamentary elections in nine years have allowed Hezbollah and its political allies to expand their political power at the expense of the country’s Western-backed prime minister, Saad Hariri.

Source: New York Times May 08, 2018 04:07 UTC