Burundi leader signs decree to quit the International Criminal Court
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza signed a decree on Tuesday for the country to quit the International Criminal Court, after parliament voted overwhelmingly last week to withdraw.
Belgian police detains man armed with knife who held hostages: report
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police caught a man armed with a knife who had held about 15 people hostage in a supermarket in the Brussels suburb of Forest on Tuesday evening, public broadcaster RTBF said.
Hong Kong fails to delay pro-independence lawmakers from taking office
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Hong Kong government failed in an unprecedented legal attempt on Tuesday to halt the swearing-in of two newly elected lawmakers seeking to push for independence for the autonomous region.
Turkey’s EU minister says migrant readmissions may end without visa deal
ANKARA (Reuters) – The European Union should implement visa-free travel for Turks by the end of the year and stop insisting that Turkey change its anti-terrorism laws, or Ankara may cancel its side of a deal to stop illegal migration, Turkey’s EU minis…
London High Court will decide EU exit case ‘as quickly as possible’
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s High Court said on Tuesday it would rule “as quickly as possible” on whether British lawmakers, and not the government alone, must trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union, in a case closely watched by politi…
Some Taliban officials say secret Afghan peace talks held in Qatar
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Two Taliban officials said on Tuesday that the militant movement held informal, secret peace talks with the Afghan government earlier this month in Qatar, but a Taliban spokesman denied they took place.
Theresa May to step into Brussels lions’ den
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Theresa May’s first EU summit was never going to be easy but Thursday’s encounter in Brussels may be a thoroughly bleak affair now that fellow leaders feel she has taken a hard line on breaking away from the European Union.
Four police officers killed in Somalia suicide car bombing
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide attacker rammed a bomb-laden car into a police station in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday, killing at least four police officers, and militants then stormed the area, local authorities said.
Teen migrants head to UK as French court upholds ‘Jungle’ closure
CALAIS/LILLE, France (Reuters) – France transferred another dozen mostly Afghan teenagers to Britain on Tuesday as efforts to rehouse the most vulnerable migrants of the “Jungle” camp in northern France accelerated ahead of its demolition.
Inter-ethnic violence kills over a dozen in southeastern Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) – More than a dozen people have died since the weekend in fighting in southeastern Congo between Bantus and Pygmies, local activists said on Tuesday, in the latest escalation in a bloody three-year ethnic conflict.
