Catalonia’s Puigdemont to speak at 730 EDT in Brussels: lawyer
TIELT, Belgium (Reuters) – Carles Puigdemont, the sacked Catalan leader, will give a news conference at 12:30 p.m. (730 EDT) on Tuesday in Brussels, the Belgian lawyer acting for him told Reuters.
France’s Macron accepts invite to visit Russia: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted an invitation to visit Russia and may fly in next year for an economic forum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday, the RIA news agency reported.
Beijing seen poised for fresh South China Sea assertiveness
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has quietly undertaken more construction and reclamation in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show, and is likely to more powerfully reassert its claims over the waterway soon, regional diplomats and milit…
Iraqi authorities take control of main border crossing with Turkey: customs official
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi authorities have taken control of the main land crossing with Turkey from the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), three Iraqi officials said on Tuesday.
Four Rohingya drown as refugee boat capsizes off Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Four Rohingya Muslims, a man, woman and two children, drowned when a small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of refugees fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar capsized off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, police said….
German police arrest Syrian suspected of planning bomb attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a 19-year-old Syrian suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated bomb attack in Germany with the aim of killing as many people as possible, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
Cambodia’s top court rejects appeal to free opposition leader
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A top Cambodian court rejected an appeal to free opposition leader Kem Sokha on Tuesday saying his release could be a public risk as the threat of dissolution looms over his opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Nervous Kenyans await Odinga response to Kenyatta poll victory
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Nervous Kenyans waited on Tuesday for the response of opposition leader Raila Odinga to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in last week’s election, which inflamed the deep ethnic tensions dividing the East African nation.
Indonesian police kill two ‘terrorists’ on eastern island
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian counter-terrorism police killed two militants suspected of having links with a pro-Islamic State network in a shootout on the eastern island of Sumbawa, officials said on Tuesday.
Thailand’s political activity ban stays for now: PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military government on Tuesday said it will not yet lift a ban on political activity, despite a general election scheduled for next year and growing pressure from political parties to lift it.
