Al Qaeda affiliate claims deadly attack on Malian army
Al Qaeda’s West Africa affiliate on Tuesday claimed responsibility for coordinated, deadly attacks last week on two army bases in central Mali, it said in a statement.
Protest-hit Ecuador seeks foreign mediation, relocates government
Ecuador’s government sought mediation from the United Nations or Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday after six days of anti-austerity protests that have pushed President Lenin Moreno’s government out of Quito and brought hundreds of arrests.
Eight EU countries call on Timmermans to raise 2030 climate goal to 55%
Eight European Union states have called on the bloc’s incoming top climate official, Frans Timmermans, to raise the EU’s carbon dioxide reduction target for 2030 to 55% from 40%.
Sudan has received half the $3 billion promised by Saudi Arabia and UAE
Sudan has received half of the $3 billion in aid promised by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in April and expects the remainder to be paid by the end of next year, Sudan’s finance minister said late on Monday.
Europe court says Italy’s hard prison regime breaches human rights
A European court ruled on Tuesday that Italy’s tough prison regimes for mobsters and convicted terrorists who refused to cooperate with the justice system violated human rights and needed to be changed.
Ecuador oil output could fall by one-third amid protests: energy ministry
Ecuadoran state-run oil company Petroamazonas estimates it could lose some 165,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), or one-third, of crude production due to “insecure conditions” in oilfields as anti-austerity protests convulse the Andean nation, the energy mini…
Writer Llosa roasts Peru’s ‘shameful’ Congress, backs president
Peruvian Nobel Prize-winning writer Mario Vargas Llosa praised centrist President Martin Vizcarra on Tuesday for dismissing the country’s right-wing opposition-dominated parliament and labeled its former lawmakers as “semi-illiterate swindlers”.
U.S. pastor deported from Rwanda hours after arrest
Rwanda’s government has deported an American pastor hours after his arrest for “disturbing public order”, officials said.
French PM questions U.S. hesitations over northeast Syria
France’s prime minister defended his country’s policy in northeastern Syria on Tuesday saying that, unlike U.S. hesitations, Paris’ priority remained to defeat Islamic State and preserve Kurdish-ked forces fighting the militant group.
Italian parliament votes to scrap hundreds of seats at next election
Italy’s parliament voted on Tuesday to cut the number of elected lawmakers by more than a third, approving a reform championed by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement that could profoundly impact the political landscape.
