Merkel rival Schulz attacks her ‘zig zag’ German car policy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s main challenger in next month’s German election criticized the chancellor’s approach to carmakers on Tuesday and called for them to pay for the widening emissions scandal.
Man who drove into French pizzeria shows signs of acute paranoia: prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) – The man who deliberately drove his car into diners at a pizzeria outside Paris told investigators he had a long history of medical drug abuse and wanted to be sent to prison for safety, a French prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Falling tree kills 12 at Catholic festival in Portugal
LISBON (Reuters) – A tree toppled into a crowd of worshippers during a major Christian festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Tuesday, killing 12 people and leaving 50 injured, officials said.
Baby girl ‘teargassed, beaten by Kenyan police’ dies: doctor
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) – A six-month-old girl has died in Kenya, her doctor told Reuters on Tuesday, after her parents said she was teargassed and clubbed by police in a security crackdown after last week’s disputed election.
Nigeria stand-in careful not to upset the boat as Buhari steers from London
LAGOS (Reuters) – The window for Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s stand-in president, to launch bold economic reforms and wrestle the ill-disciplined naira currency into shape is fast closing.
Italy minister sees light at the end of the tunnel on migrant flows
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s interior minister said on Tuesday he saw light at the end of the tunnel for curbing migrant flows from Libya after a slowdown in arrivals across the Mediterranean in recent months.
Iranian court freezes assets of more than 150 BBC staff
DUBAI (Reuters) – More than 150 Iranian current and former BBC staff and contributors have been barred from major financial transactions in Iran, an Iranian court order seen by Reuters showed, in a fresh step against foreign media seen as hostile to Te…
Algerian presidency brings Ahmed Ouyahia back as prime minister
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s presidency has named Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister, replacing Abdelmadjid Tebboune after just three months in the job, the president’s office said on Tuesday.
Macron tells Erdogan he wants detained journalist back in France
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday expressed his concerns over a French journalism student detained in Turkey in a telephone call with Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, the Elysee Palace said.
Rebels say they shoot down Syrian military jet, army confirms crash
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian military said on Tuesday that one of its jets crashed in southern Syria, state television reported, hours after Western-backed rebels said they had shot it down and captured the pilot.
