Bolsonaro taps family friend as Brazil top cop, Supreme Court OKs probe
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday named a family friend to head the federal police, days after his justice minister quit and accused the president of meddling in law enforcement for political motives.
Mozambique forces killed over 100 Islamist insurgents in past month: government
Mozambique security forces killed at least 129 insurgents in the northern Cabo Delgado region that has been besieged by violence for at least the last three years, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
Morocco rejects accusation of police abuse in enforcing lockdown
Morocco rejected allegations of police brutality in enforcing a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after an official in the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights included it in a list of countries where crackdowns had ra…
Tusk urges Poles to shun May presidential vote out of ‘decency’
Polish voters should boycott a presidential election set for May 10 out of “basic human decency” because of the new coronavirus pandemic, Donald Tusk, leader of the centre-right European People’s Party and a former prime minister, said on Tuesday.
Without naming Libya’s Haftar, France says unilateral action won’t solve conflict
France said on Tuesday that the Libyan conflict could not be solved through unilateral decisions, but only under U.N.-backed dialogue after Libya’s eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar’s move to seize control of the country.
Birthday tributes flood in for fund-raising British veteran ‘Captain Tom’
British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore is in for a very special 100th birthday on Thursday after well-wishers from around the world repaid his record-breaking fundraising efforts by sending tens of thousands of birthday cards.
Factbox: From hairdressers to beaches – Spain’s plan to phase out lockdown
Spain announced a four-phase plan on Tuesday to lift one of the toughest coronavirus lockdowns in Europe and return to normality by the end of June.
Despite outcry, Brazil’s Bolsonaro taps family friend as top cop amid probes
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday named a family friend to head the federal police, just days after his justice minister quit over alleged meddling in law enforcement, which sparked a criminal investigation and talk of impeachment.
Czech parliament backs short emergency extension as lockdown seen ending early
The lower house of the Czech parliament voted on Tuesday to extend a state of emergency until May 17, a week less than the government had sought, as the country charts a course to emerge from a coronavirus lockdown earlier than forecast.
Aggressive testing to underpin France’s coronavirus lockdown exit
France will adopt an aggressive doctrine on COVID-19 testing from May 11 so that it can slowly unwind its lockdown and avoid economic meltdown, its prime minister said on Tuesday, warning that citizens have to be disciplined to avoid a new outbreak.
