Chile’s Pinera asks for help from military even as abuse allegations mount
Chile’s president asked lawmakers to allow troops back on the streets on Tuesday to defend public infrastructure, even as a human rights group reported “grave” abuses by security forces during five weeks of rioting in one of South America’s richest cou…
U.S. will keep sanctioning Iranian officials for rights abuses: Pompeo
The United States will keep sanctioning Iranian officials responsible for human rights abuses, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, saying the United States had received nearly 20,000 messages from Iranians about such abuses.
France and Germany propose EU overhaul after Brexit upheaval
France and Germany put aside bilateral tensions on Tuesday to call for an overhaul of the EU, which has been buffeted over the past decade by a euro zone debt crisis, an influx of migrants and refugees, rising eurosceptic populism and Brexit.
Pompeo: Turkey’s test of Russian weapons system ‘concerning’
Turkey carrying out tests with the Russian defense system it purchased was “concerning,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, but added that talks between Washington and Ankara to resolve the issue were still underway.
‘When will the bloodshed stop?’ – notes and prayers on Iraq’s Wall of Wishes
The small white post-it note was stuck to the wall amid thousands of other sticky squares, each bearing a wish, a comment or a prayer for the future of Iraq.
Slovak MPs defy president’s veto to approve long polling blackout
Slovak lawmakers defied a president’s veto on Tuesday to impose a lengthy ban on publishing opinion polls ahead of February elections, a move some opposition parties have cast as an attempt to sideline political newcomers.
UK PM Johnson’s lead over Labour narrows one point to 11 points: YouGov poll
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party holds an 11 point lead over the opposition Labour Party, down one point, ahead of Britain’s Dec. 12 election, according to an opinion poll published by YouGov for The Times and Sky News on Tuesday.
Spain refloats submarine intercepted with suspected cocaine on board
Spanish police on Tuesday refloated a submarine that was intercepted with a cargo suspected to be about 3,500 kg (3.85 tons) of cocaine, a security source told Reuters.
Atlantia unit reopens Italian motorway near Genoa
A motorway linking the port city of Genoa to Piedmont, in the northwest of Italy, was partially reopened to traffic on Tuesday, the toll-road unit of infrastructure group Atlantia said.
Floods kill at least 39 in Congo’s capital Kinshasa
At least 39 people died in flooding on Tuesday in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, following torrential rains overnight that caused landslides near the University of Kinshasa, authorities said.
