Iran rules out talks as Trump links Tehran to Saudi oil attack
Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday ruled out talks with Washington after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for an attack on Saudi oil facilities that knocked out half the kingdom’s output.
Britain, Germany agree on need for international response to Saudi attack: UK PM’s spokesman
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday they needed to work with international partners to form a collective response to Saturday’s attacks on Saudi oil plants, his spokesman said.
UK, Germany agree to work energetically on Brexit deal: PM Johnson’s spokesman
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday to work with energy and determination to reach a Brexit agreement and will discuss it at a meeting of the United Nations next week, his spokesman said.
Spanish party leaders in last-ditch talks as election deadline looms
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez embarked on a flurry of phone calls with rival party leaders on Tuesday to try to break a political stalemate and avoid the fourth national election in as many years.
Taliban attacks kill 30, Afghan leader unhurt as bomb hits rally
Taliban suicide attackers killed at least 30 people in Afghanistan on Tuesday, their deadliest bombing taking place near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani, although he was unhurt.
Argentina’s IAEA hopeful sounds ‘perfect’, U.S. energy secretary says
Argentina’s contender to become the next chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog “sounds like a perfect candidate”, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Tuesday, while stopping short of a formal U.S. endorsement.
Trial of Tepco executives over Japan’s Fukushima disaster heads to conclusion
A Tokyo court will hand down a verdict later this week on whether three Tokyo Electric Power executives are liable for the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the only criminal case to arise out of the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.
Conservative leader tells Sanchez will vote against him as PM: source
The leader of Spain’s main opposition People’s Party, Pablo Casado, told Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez in a telephone conversation on Tuesday his party would oppose Sanchez’s bid to become prime minister, a Socialist party source said.
Giant cake, news of Bollywood film mark Modi’s birthday celebrations
Supporters of Narendra Modi cut a giant birthday cake for the Indian Prime Minister who turned 69 on Tuesday, saying he remained as popular as ever as a new Bollywood film on his life was announced.
France cannot say at this stage if there will be Brexit deal: Macron’s office
France cannot say at this stage if there will be a Brexit deal or not, said an official from President Emmanuel Macron’s office, who added that France was yet to receive precise proposals regarding Brexit from the United Kingdom.
