Islamic State detainees in Syria a ‘ticking time-bomb’: State Dept official
Some 10,000 Islamic State detainees held in prisons in northeastern Syria present a major security risk, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, urging countries to take back their citizens who joined the group and were detained.
Bolivia battles to restore stability as fallen Morales reaches Mexico
Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales landed in Mexico on Tuesday pledging to keep up his political “fight”, as security forces back home quelled unrest over the leftist’s resignation and the country sought an interim replacement to fill a power vacuum.
U.S. Supreme Court divided on Mexican cross-border shooting dispute
Supreme Court justices appeared divided on whether to let foreigners bring civil rights lawsuits in U.S. courts as they considered a bid by a slain Mexican teenager’s family to revive a lawsuit against the Border Patrol agent who shot him, with Justice…
Lebanon’s Aoun calls on protesters to go home, warns of catastrophe
Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on protesters to go home, saying their demands had been heard, and warned of a “catastrophe” if they stay in the streets.
Aoun says Lebanese government must include politicians, urges protesters to go home
President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday a government made up purely of technocrats would not be able to run Lebanon and so a it must include politicians, adding he had found Saad al-Hariri hesitant about taking the job of prime minister again.
‘Viva Felipe!’: Communist-run Cuba welcomes Spanish king
With cries of “Viva Felipe!” and “Viva Espana!” Cubans greeted King Felipe in Old Havana, the first state visit ever by a Spanish monarch to Cuba, Spain’s former colony turned Communist-run nation.
Protesters block Lebanon roads after Aoun urges them to go home
Protesters in Lebanon blocked roads with burning tyres in several parts of the country including the capital Beirut on Tuesday following a broadcast interview with President Michel Aoun in which he urged them to go home, the National News Agency report…
Saudi authorities backtrack on description of feminism as extremism
Saudi Arabia’s state security agency distanced itself on Tuesday from a promotional video that categorized feminism, homosexuality and atheism as extremist ideas, blaming it on an action by individuals.
Protesters block highways as Catalan parliament presses for independence
Catalonia’s parliament pressed its case for secession from Spain on Tuesday, two days after a national election, while separatist protesters blocked one of the region’s major highways and also disrupted traffic in the Basque Country.
Chile’s finance minister calls for return to ‘normality’ as peso slides
Chile’s finance minister warned on Tuesday of the “grave consequences” for the nation’s economy of three weeks of often violent unrest, after the peso slid 4% to hit a historic low against the dollar.
