Netanyahu asks Putin to pardon American-Israeli jailed on drug charges
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to pardon an American-Israeli woman sentenced to 7-1/2 years in jail for a few grams of cannabis found in her luggage at a Moscow airport.
Mexican president confirms Pemex union boss under investigation
The veteran leader of Mexico’s powerful oil workers’ union faces formal accusations of wrongdoing, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday, slowly turning up pressure on the labor boss to step aside.
Britain narrows gap in last-gasp Brexit talks, only hours remain
Britain and the EU made headway in eleventh-hour talks on Tuesday to reach a Brexit deal in time for a leaders’ summit, but with hours left to clinch an agreement it was still unclear if London could avoid delaying its scheduled Oct. 31 departure.
Turkey players salute Syria operation after goal against France
Turkey’s national side are being investigated by European soccer body UEFA after players celebrated their goal in a 1-1 draw against world champions France with a military salute to soldiers fighting in northeast Syria.
France, Britain try to revive fight against Islamic State; decry Turkey, U.S
France and Britain on Tuesday accused Turkey and the United States of undoing five years worth of work in fighting Islamic State and scrambled to define how to react should militants escape prisons and camps in Syria.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo talked to Iraq’s president about Turkey’s Syria incursion: statement
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Iraqi President Barham Salih to discuss the Turkish military incursion into Syria and the U.S. desire for the offensive to end immediately, according to a State Department summary of the phone call released on…
Catalans keep up pressure for split from Spain with second day of protests
Demonstrators blocked a train station and several motorways in Spain’s Catalonia region on Tuesday, a second day of protests over Monday’s jailing of nine separatists by the supreme court over their role in a failed secession bid.
Bulgaria to release Australian Palfreeman from detention center
Bulgaria will release Jock Palfreeman from an immigration detention center on Tuesday, more than three weeks after a court granted parole to the Australian convicted of murder, a senior interior ministry official said.
French police teargas protesting firefighters in Paris
French police fired tear gas and water cannons on Tuesday in clashes with firefighters protesting in Paris over their working conditions.
Brazil graft probe targets head of Bolsonaro’s PSL party: source
Brazilian police launched a corruption probe on Tuesday into the head of President Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing Social Liberal Party (PSL) Luciano Bivar, a police source told Reuters, adding to tensions within the fractious governing coalition.
