Bolivian police fire tear gas as president, opposition wrestle over election audit
Protests over a disputed presidential election convulsed Bolivia on Tuesday as police fired tear gas in the capital and the sitting president and opposition candidate wrestled over an audit of the results.
Italy to let French NGO migrant ship dock after 11 days at sea
Italy said on Tuesday it would let a French charity rescue ship disembark 104 migrants after the vessel spent 11 days at sea waiting for authorization to dock.
Iraq’s Umm Qasr port operations hit as protesters block entrance
Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra was operating at only around 20% of the normal level on Tuesday after protesters blocked its entrance, port employees and local officials said.
At least 22 killed, dozens missing in Cameroon landslide
Rescue teams in Cameroon were scouring the rubble of destroyed houses for survivors on Tuesday after a landslide caused by heavy rainfall killed at least 22 people, state television reported.
Libya reopens Tripoli’s Mitiga airport after two months of closure
Libya’s internationally recognized government on Tuesday reopened Mitiga, Tripoli’s only functioning airport, after almost two months of closure, and flights will resume within two weeks, the transportation minister said.
Georgian police investigate massive cyber attack
Georgian police are investigating a massive coordinated cyber attack that took thousands of websites offline and could have been carried out from abroad, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Russia says Kurdish withdrawal in northeast Syria complete: TASS
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that armed Kurdish forces had withdrawn from a safe zone near the northeastern Syrian border with Turkey faster than scheduled, the TASS news agency reported.
Prime Minister Hariri resigns as Lebanon crisis turns violent
Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a “dead end” in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge protests against the ruling elite and plunging the country deeper into turmoil.
UK opposition backs early election in bid to break Brexit logjam
Britain was heading toward its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bet on breaking the Brexit deadlock with an early ballot gained support from opposition parties on Tuesday.
Operations slow at Iraq’s Umm Qasr port after protesters block entrance: officials
Operations slowed by around 80% at Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra on Tuesday after protesters blocked its entrance, port employees and local officials said.
