South Korean nationals, vessels released by Yemen’s Houthis: South Korea Foreign Ministry
Three vessels and 16 people, including two South Korean nationals, who had been seized by Yemen’s Houthi movement have been released on Tuesday, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Japan’s Abe sets record as longest-serving PM as allegations of misdeeds persist
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became Japan’s longest-serving premier on Wednesday – a remarkable feat for a leader who once quit in humiliation – amid economic worries and allegations that he violated election laws.
In testy leadership debate, UK PM Johnson promises quick Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson doubled down on his Brexit promises on Tuesday, saying only he could take Britain out of the European Union quickly in a testy leadership debate with opposition Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn.
UK’s Corbyn: Serious questions to be answered about Prince Andrew
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday there were questions to be answered after a televised interview in which Prince Andrew denied accusations he had sex with a teenage girl.
Rights violations in Nicaragua upset ‘constitutional order’: OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) said in a statement on Tuesday that human rights violations and the overall situation in Nicaragua since April 2018 have upset the “constitutional order” in the Central American country.
Arizona border activist told migrants he ‘could not hide them’
An Arizona human rights activist charged with harboring two migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally testified that he told the men he “could not hide them” but let them stay in a building while they recovered from a desert trek.
Trump shift on Israeli settlements fulfills wish list of evangelical base
A U.S. decision effectively backing Israel’s building of settlements in the occupied West Bank, long a cherished item on conservative Christians’ wish list, is expected to strengthen evangelicals’ support for Donald Trump as he seeks re-election in 202…
UK PM Johnson’s Conservatives criticized for ‘factcheck’ Twitter handle switch
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was criticized by fact checkers and the opposition Labour Party on Tuesday for changing the name of one of its Twitter accounts to make it look like a fact checking service during a televised el…
Seller of bullets to Las Vegas gunman pleads guilty to ammo licensing charge
A man who acknowledged selling hundreds of rounds of tracer bullets to the gunman responsible for killing 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival two years ago pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of manufacturing ammunition without a license….
FBI wishes it had acted quicker as China stole intellectual property
The FBI wished it had taken swifter action as Beijing recruited U.S.-based researchers to transfer intellectual property from American laboratories, a senior official at the agency said on Tuesday during Senate testimony.
