Pompeo: Turkey’s actions over Russian weapons system ‘concerning’
Turkey’s actions regarding its use of the Russian-made S-400 missile defense system are “concerning,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on Tuesday.
Saudi-led coalition says it freed 200 Houthi prisoners
A Saudi-led military coalition said on Tuesday it had freed 200 prisoners from the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in a step that could further efforts to end the nearly five-year war in Yemen.
Lebanon’s Hariri says he does not want be PM
Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday he did not want to be prime minister of a new government, putting the onus on adversaries including the Iran-backed group Hezbollah to find an alternative who can steer the country out of crisis.
Iran nuclear deal Joint Commission to meet in Vienna on December 6: EU statement
Officials from China, Russia, France, Germany and Britain will meet with Iran in Vienna on Dec. 6 to discuss how to uphold the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, the European Union said in a statement on Tuesday.
Pompeo says documents confirm China committed human rights abuses
Recently leaked documents confirm that China committed human rights abuses of Uighurs and other minority groups, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday.
American killed in attack on U.N. vehicle in Kabul on Sunday: Pompeo
A U.S. citizen was killed in an attack on a United Nations vehicle in Kabul on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, as he condemned the act.
Foreign tourist killed in landmine blast in Myanmar hiking region
A foreign tourist was killed and his companion injured in a suspected landmine blast in a popular hiking region in northern Myanmar close to an area of clashes between ethnic rebel groups and government troops, local sources said on Tuesday.
UK Conservatives will hold inquiry into Islamophobia, says finance minister
British finance minister Sajid Javid said on Tuesday the governing Conservative Party would hold an inquiry into Islamophobia within its ranks, saying it took criticism from the Muslim community seriously.
Turkey says car bomb kills 17 near Syria’s Ras al Ain
A car bomb killed 17 people near a Syrian border town seized by Turkish-backed forces last month, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, in an attack which it blamed on Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters.
Maltese government officials resign as murder scandal escalates
A top aide to Malta’s prime minister resigned on Tuesday and was questioned by police investigating the murder of a prominent journalist, while two government ministers also stood aside in a widening scandal rocking the European Union’s smallest state….
