EU wants Trump to drop ‘reckless’ trade policies: incoming trade chief
The European Union will seek to convince U.S President Donald Trump to see “the error of his ways” and abandon some of his reckless trade...
EU executive keeps Vestager in competition, puts Irishman in trade role
The incoming head of the EU executive named her 27-strong team on Tuesday, keeping Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager in the critical competition policy and putting an...
Algerian PM Bedoui to resign, paving way for vote: sources
Algeria’s Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui will resign soon to facilitate the holding of elections this year that the army sees as the only way to...
Margaret Atwood releases Handmaid’s Tale sequel
Haidmaids dressed in red cloaks and white bonnets walked the streets of London to celebrate the launch of “The Testaments”. Rough cut (no reporter narration)....
Pakistan warns of ‘genocide’ in Kashmir, sees no talks with India
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday that India’s “illegal military occupation” of the Muslim-majority territory of Kashmir...
12-year-old questioned over Australia bushfires
A 12-year-old boy started a bushfire and two teenage girls were questioned over another blaze in Australia’s Queensland state, police said on Tuesday as forest...
Sudan’s major floods present first challenge for its new leader
In Wad Ramli, a village outside the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, Alsamani Fathalrahman and his neighbors traveled in blue speedboats through flooded streets trying to...
Indonesia names former trader graft suspect in ‘oil mafia’ probe
Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday named a former managing director of the trading arm of state energy company PT Pertamina [PERTM.UL] a suspect...
India and Nepal open South Asia’s first cross-border oil pipeline
India and Nepal officially opened South Asia’s first cross-border oil pipeline on Tuesday, a project seen as part of New Delhi’s efforts to increase its...
Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has ‘broken’ border courts
On the day she was set to see a U.S. immigration judge in San Diego last month, Katia took every precaution....