Fires from CP Rail train derailment under control: safety officials
Fires are still burning at the site where a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed early Monday while hauling oil, but they are under control, CP and public safety officials said on Tuesday.
Iran foreign ministry issues travel advisory for citizens not to visit America
Iran warned its citizens, particularly scientists, on Tuesday not to visit America, saying Iranians there were subjected to arbitrary and lengthy detention in inhuman conditions.
Dissidents say Cuba put them under house arrest on Human Rights Day
Opposition activists and independent journalists in Communist-run Cuba said state security and police stopped them from leaving their homes on Tuesday to prevent them marking or reporting on international Human Rights Day.
Factbox: Global schemes putting a price on carbon emissions
The role of carbon markets and putting a price on emissions blamed for climate change is one of the major negotiating points at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Madrid.
U.S. must fix relations with China to combat climate change – Michael Bloomberg
A future U.S. government will have to rebuild relations with China to revive international efforts to combat climate change, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is running for president, said on Tuesday.
Pompeo says ‘very hopeful’ North Korea will abide by commitments
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is “very hopeful” North Korea will continue to abide by its commitments to work toward denuclearization and not to conduct further long-range missile test firings.
U.S. says ex-Mexican official took bribes so El Chapo could roam with ‘impunity’
A former Mexican government official responsible for public security has been charged with accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa drug cartel once run by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to help it operate with “impunity” in Mexico, U.S. pro…
Ethiopia deploys police in universities to stop ethnic violence
Ethiopia’s federal police were deployed to universities across the country on Tuesday, the government said, as authorities sought to calm ethnic tensions which have claimed the lives of seven students in the past three months.
Nobel peace laureate Abiy says militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
Militant groups and global military powers both pose a threat to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for forging a peace accord with Eritrea.
Czechs protest against PM Babis after damning EU report
Tens of thousands of Czechs protested against Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Tuesday after prosecutors reopened a case into alleged subsidy fraud by the leader and Brussels declared a conflict of interest between his businesses and political role.
