Trump tries to calm political storm over Putin summit, says he misspoke
U.S. President Donald Trump tried on Tuesday to calm a storm over his failure to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, saying he misspoke in a joint news conference in Helsinki.
Six-storey building collapses near Delhi: Indian police
A six-storey building collapsed into a neighboring construction site in Greater Noida near New Delhi late on Tuesday, trapping at least 15 people, police said.
Two migrants die on boat left adrift by Libya coast guard: charity
A woman and a boy adrift in the Mediterranean died just hours before help reached their damaged dinghy, Spanish rescuers said on Tuesday after finding a second woman alive in the vessel, which had been carrying migrants toward Europe.
Sri Lanka police arrest father for sharing beer with toddler son
Sri Lankan police on Tuesday arrested a father on suspicion of feeding beer to his one-year-old son after being caught on social media, a police spokesman said.
Rebuking Trump’s embrace of Putin, U.S. lawmakers look to punish Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump faced outrage on Tuesday for his failure to hold Russia accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and some U.S. lawmakers threatened action in Congress to punish Moscow and show support for U.S. intelligence agenci…
Iran files suit in international court against U.S. over sanctions
Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States alleging that Washington’s decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of a nuclear deal violates a 1955 treaty between the two countries, the International Court of Justice said on Tuesday.
Syrian rebels and Iran reach deal to evacuate villages: sources
Syrian rebels and Iranian-backed negotiators have reached a deal to evacuate thousands of people from two rebel-besieged Shi’ite villages in northwest Syria in return for the release of hundreds of detainees in state prisons, opposition sources said.
British PM May U-turns on plan to give lawmakers extended summer holiday
Prime Minister Theresa May canceled an attempt on Tuesday to end parliament early and give lawmakers an extended summer holiday, as members of parliament criticized the move as a ploy to ease pressure on her leadership.
U.S. hopes for return of 50 Korean War dead from North Korea within two weeks
The United States hopes North Korea will return the remains of about 50 American Korean War dead within two weeks, the first of thousands President Donald Trump says Pyongyang has promised to hand over, a senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
UK PM May narrowly avoids defeat in parliament on trade laws
British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly avoided a defeat in parliament at the hands of pro-EU lawmakers from her own party on Tuesday, fending off a rebellion that threatened to worsen a crisis over her Brexit strategy.
