Kuwait appoints new defense, interior, finance, foreign ministers – KUNA
Kuwait appointed new interior, defense, foreign and finance ministers, state news agency KUNA reported, after a new government was announced on Tuesday.
Johnson uses threat of Brexit cliff-edge to demand EU trade deal by end of 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the prospect of a Brexit cliff-edge at the end of 2020 to demand the European Union gives him a comprehensive free trade deal in less than 11 months.
Malaysia’s Najib ordered killing of Mongolian model, says former bodyguard
A Malaysian police officer on death row for the 2006 slaying of a Mongolian model has accused former prime minister Najib Razak of ordering him to kill the woman, according to media reports and the policeman’s lawyer.
China says hopes Security Council reaches consensus on North Korea sanctions
China hopes the U.N. Security Council will reach a consensus on a draft resolution regarding easing sanctions on North Korea, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a media briefing on Tuesday.
U.S.-led pressure fractures as China, Russia push for North Korea sanctions relief
A proposal by China and Russia to ease U.N. sanctions on North Korea increases pressure on the United States and signals what is the likely end of unified efforts to persuade Pyongyang to give up its growing nuclear and missile arsenal.
UK minister Gove says UK will get EU trade deal by end of 2020
British cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday that the government was committed to securing a trade deal with the European Union by the end of 2020.
Main opposition says Turkey arrests mayor over alleged Gulen links
A mayor from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was arrested over suspected links to the network that Ankara says orchestrated a failed coup in 2016, a party official said early on Tuesday.
Iran’s Rouhani to visit Japan on December 20-21, meet with Abe
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Japan on Dec. 20-21 and will meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as Japan looks to help ease tensions in the Middle East, the Japanese government’s chief spokesman said on Tuesday.
‘We can celebrate later’: Hong Kongers pen Christmas cards to protesters
Hong Kong residents have been gathering across the city on weekends and in lunch breaks to write Christmas cards to injured protesters and those in detention as anti-government demonstrations grind on through the holiday season.
French unions make pre-Christmas push to block pension reforms
French trade unions on Tuesday used transport strikes and mass protests to try to force President Emmanuel Macron to ditch a planned pension reform before the Christmas holidays.
