Pompeo to stress need to boost pressure on Iran on NATO sidelines
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Brussels on Tuesday, where he plans meetings on the sidelines of the NATO summit aimed at stepping up pressure on Iran and reassuring allies about alternative oil supplies, a State Department official said…
‘Nobody thought we could do it’: rescue of Thai boys accomplished
Rescuers freed the last four of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave on Tuesday, a successful end to a perilous mission that gripped the world for more than two weeks.
‘Hooyah!’ Tears flow, horns honk after Thai cave boys rescued
Honking car horns and live “selfie” videos – this is how some Thais in the northern city of Chiang Rai and beyond celebrated on Tuesday after all 12 boys and their soccer coach had been safely rescued from a labyrinthine cave complex.
British man poisoned with Novichok regains consciousness: hospital
A British man poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent 10 days ago has regained consciousness and is now in a critical but stable condition, Salisbury District Hospital said on Tuesday.
British PM May looking forward to positive talks with Trump
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she was looking forward to positive talks with U.S. President Donald Trump later this week, after he said that Britain was in turmoil and considered May critic Boris Johnson a friend.
Germany’s Merkel welcomes May’s Brexit proposals
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday welcomed proposals on Britain’s exit from the European Union drawn up by Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, saying that they brought the Brexit process “a whole step forward”.
Widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo arrives in Germany
Liu Xia, the widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning political dissident Liu Xiaobo, arrived in Berlin on Tuesday, in news welcomed by rights groups who had long pressed for China to let her leave what was effectively house arrest.
U.S. ambassador urges Germany to block Iran cash withdrawal
The U.S. ambassador to Germany urged Berlin on Tuesday to stop Iran withdrawing large sums of cash from bank accounts in Germany to offset the effect of new U.S. sanctions imposed after Washington withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal.
Germany’s Seehofer launches migrant plan with ‘birthday’ jab at deportees
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, waging a battle within Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition for tighter immigration controls, noted with satisfaction on Tuesday that 69 Afghans had been deported on his 69th birthday.
Key positions unchanged in new Ivory Coast government
(This version of the July 10 corrects Jean Claude Kouassi’s new title in paragraph 8)
