Pompeo says U.S. ‘concerned’ over south Yemen separatist self-rule declaration
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday Washington was ‘concerned’ over the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group, declaring self-rule in Yemen’s south, warning such actions threatened efforts to revive talks between the Y…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro vows autonomy of federal police under new chief
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said the federal police under the command of the new chief he appointed on Tuesday will have autonomy from the government.
Pompeo says U.S. ‘concerned’ over STC’s self-rule declaration in Yemen’s south
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday Washington was ‘concerned’ over the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group, declaring self-rule in Yemen and warned that such actions threatened efforts to revive political talks betw…
Bomb blast kills 40 people in Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey says
At least 40 civilians were killed, including 11 children, when a bomb detonated in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Tuesday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, blaming the attack on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
Lebanon cities erupt against economic hardship, one protester killed in Tripoli
Protests against growing economic hardship erupted in Tripoli and spread to other Lebanese cities on Tuesday, with banks set ablaze and violence boiling over into a second night.
Prague district mayor says he is under police protection against Russian threat
The mayor of one of the Czech capital’s districts said on Tuesday he had been put under police protection due to a threat that a Russian man had been sent to kill him, escalating a row between Prague and Moscow.
Death toll in Peru prison riot over coronavirus demands rises to nine
Nine inmates have died after a prison riot in Peru over demands for better sanitary measures and coronavirus medical care, the country’s prison authority said on Tuesday,
Canadian province sends nurses to northern community hit by COVID-19
The Canadian province of Ontario has dispatched nurses to a remote northern indigenous community hit hard by the coronavirus to conduct testing and provide healthcare support, the local leader said on Tuesday.
Saudi cabinet says conditions in Yemen’s Aden should return to before STC declaration
Saudi Arabia’s cabinet stressed that conditions in Yemen’s Aden and some southern governorates should return to the way they were before the Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared a state of emergency, state news agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday….
Bolivia, Chile strike deal to return stranded Bolivian migrants home
Chile and Bolivia agreed on Tuesday to allow several hundred Bolivians stranded in a makeshift tent camp in Santiago to quarantine for 14 days and then return home, Chile’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
