EU executive proposes new tools to help safeguard bloc’s democracy
The European Union’s executive on Tuesday agreed new measures to better police democracy across the bloc, tightening scrutiny of nationalist rulers in the east who...
Wall Street slips after mixed bank earnings, Trump comments
U.S. stock indexes edged lower on Tuesday as results from Wall Street’s big lenders rekindled concerns about banks coming under pressure to boost profits when...
Britain plans additional warship presence in Gulf
Britain will send a third warship to the Persian Gulf, though the move is not related to the current Iran crisis, the Ministry of Defence...
Sudan’s opposition rejects judicial immunity for military rulers
Sudan’s main protest group is opposed to granting military rulers “absolute” immunity against possible prosecution for violence against protesters, a group spokesman said on Tuesday,...
Von der Leyen wins liberal support for EU executive top job
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday took a step closer to becoming the first female European Commission head after her vision of a greener,...
Most Social Democrats to back von der Leyen as commission president: party sources
Two-thirds of the European Parliament’s Social Democratic members will vote in favor of Ursula von der Leyen’s appointment to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as president of...
HBO, ‘Game of Thrones’ lead nominations for TV’s Emmy awards
HBO and its medieval fantasy series “Game of Thrones” led nominations on Tuesday for the Emmy awards, the highest honors in television....
House GOP leaders defend Trump’s tweets
House Republicans Liz Cheney, Steve Scalise, and Kevin McCarthy defended President Trump on Tuesday saying his recent tweets attacking four minority congresswomen were not racist....
No federal charges for New York policeman in 2014 ‘I can’t breathe’ death
The New York police officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold during an attempted arrest in 2014, fueling the rise of the Black...
Pompeo to visit Mexico on eve of safe third-country asylum deadline
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday he will meet his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo in Mexico City at the weekend to discuss migration...