Indian police register 42 new bank fraud cases
India’s federal police said on Tuesday that they had registered 42 new cases of bank fraud amounting to about 72 billion rupees ($1.02 billion) after conducting searches in 187 places across the country.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro eyes cuts to public-sector wages
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he would push for a constitutional amendment to allow the government to cut public sector employee salaries, hours and benefits to help it comply with a public spending cap.
Yemen deal calls for government reshuffle, unifying forces in south
A Saudi-brokered deal between Yemen’s government and southern separatists signed on Tuesday calls for a new cabinet with equal southern representation and bringing all armed forces under state control.
U.S. slaps sanctions on five Venezuelan officials
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five Venezuelan security officials and political figures, the latest round of measures taken against Caracas in an effort to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Pompeo says U.S. troubled by reports of China harassing families of Uighur Muslim activists
The United States remains deeply troubled by multiple reports that the Chinese government has “harassed, imprisoned, or arbitrarily detained” family members of Uighur Muslim activists and survivors of Xinjiang internment camps who have made their stori…
Nigerian police free 259 people from Islamic institution
Nigerian police have freed 259 people from an Islamic rehabilitation center in the southwestern city of Ibadan, police said on Tuesday, taking the number rescued from abusive institutions since September to nearly 1,500.
Former UK finance minister Hammond to stand down as lawmaker
Former British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday he will stand down as a lawmaker before the Dec. 12 national election after being kicked out of the Conservative parliamentary party for voting against the government.
Trump presses Mexico on security after nine Mormon women and children killed
Mexico’s president said he would discuss security on Tuesday with the United States after President Donald Trump urged Mexico to “wage war” on drug cartels following the killing of nine members of a U.S.-Mexican Mormon family in the north of the countr…
Brexit prompts Northern Ireland electoral pacts that could shake DUP grip
Division among Northern Ireland’s pro-British and pro-Irish parties over Brexit has prompted tactical electoral moves that put at risk some of the seats that had given the province’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) the balance of power in London.
Iran further distances itself from 2015 deal by fueling Fordow centrifuges
Iran will start injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordow enrichment facility, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a highly symbolic breach that will complicate European efforts to salvage Tehran’s nuclear deal.
