Man killed as protests sweep Lebanon after Aoun interview
President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday Lebanon faced a catastrophe if protesters did not go home, igniting a new wave of demonstrations during which a protester was shot and killed after an altercation with Lebanese soldiers near Beirut.
Lebanese man shot dead near Beirut: local media, security source
A man was shot dead at a roablock in the town of Khaldeh south of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday night, local media and a security source said.
UK Prime Minister Johnson to declare Britain can end ‘the groundhoggery of Brexit’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday declare that the UK can “end the groundhoggery of Brexit” if he wins next month’s election, saying the rest of the world was wondering why so much time has been spent agonizing over whether to leav…
Paris protest disrupts Polanski film debut over rape accusations
Protesters disrupted the first screening in France of Roman Polanski’s new film on Tuesday, following the publication of a new rape accusation against the French-Polish director.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to quit divided PSL party, found new one
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will quit his fractious right-wing Social Liberal Party (PSL) and start a new one by March 2020, PSL lawmakers Daniel Silveira and Bia Kicis said on Tuesday after meeting with the president.
Protester shot at roadblock near Beirut: security source
An armed man shot and critically wounded a protester who was blocking a road in the town of Khaldeh south of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday night, a security source said.
Toddler on Saudi flight that made emergency landing in Canada pronounced dead
A 2-year-old passenger on a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in eastern Canada on Tuesday was pronounced dead on arriving in a hospital, a provincial police official said.
Hackers hit UK political parties with back-to-back cyberattacks
Hackers hit Britain’s two main political parties with back-to-back cyberattacks on Tuesday, sources told Reuters, attempting to force political websites offline with a flood of malicious traffic just weeks ahead of a national election.
Chinese national pleads guilty in U.S. court to stealing trade secrets
A Chinese national pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the theft of trade secrets from a U.S. petroleum company that employed him, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Two-year-old daughter of Islamic State detainee is Ireland’s main concern -minister
An Irish citizen aligned to Islamic State who is set to be deported from Turkey has the right to return to Ireland but the government’s main concern is for the safe repatriation of her two-year-old daughter, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesd…
