Puerto Rico declares emergency, activates National Guard after earthquakes
Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard on Tuesday after a series of earthquakes including one of magnitude 6.4 struck the Caribbean island.
Italy’s Di Maio says Europe must do more to help stabilize Libya
Libya poses a security risk to Europe that the European Union must address, Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday following a meeting with his British, French and German counterparts.
Russia’s Putin makes rare visit to Syria, meets Assad
Vladimir Putin met Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, the Russian leader’s second trip to Syria since Moscow intervened decisively on the Syrian president’s behalf in the country’s civil war.
Japan seeks arrest of Ghosn’s wife amid efforts to snare him
Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn’s wife for alleged perjury, as officials stepped up efforts to bring the fugitive car industry boss back to face trial on financial misconduct charges.
One dead, buildings damaged as quakes strike Puerto Rico
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake followed by strong aftershocks struck Puerto Rico early on Tuesday, killing at least one person, knocking out power and causing significant damage, authorities and media reported.
Spain gets coalition government after Sanchez wins parliamentary vote
Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez secured parliamentary backing by a wafer-thin majority on Tuesday to form a coalition government, ending a lengthy political stalemate.
Factbox: Major measures agreed by Spain’s new ruling coalition
Spain’s centre-left Socialists and the left-wing Unidas Podemos party have formed the first coalition government in the country’s post-dictatorship history.
Thousands mourn militia leader in southern Iraq
Thousands of Iraqis packed the streets of the southern city of Basra on Tuesday to mourn Iranian-backed militia leader Jamal Jaafar Ibrahimi, known by his nom de guerre Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed by a U.S. air strike last week.
Lebanon says it will take the necessary steps over Interpol red notice for ex-Nissan boss Ghosn
Lebanon’s public prosecutor has received an Interpol red notice over fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn and will take the necessary steps, caretaker justice minister Albert Serhan said on Tuesday.
Four Rohingya children killed in blast in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Four Rohingya Muslim children were killed by a landmine explosion in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state on Tuesday which the military and ethnic insurgents blamed on each other.
