Mexican foreign minister cites sharp decrease in immigration to U.S.
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said after a White House meeting on Tuesday that there has been a “significant decrease” in U.S.-bound immigration through Mexico, especially from Central America, and he expected the trend to continue.
Arab League calls Netanyahu plan to annex West Bank areas ‘aggression’
Arab foreign ministers condemned a plan by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the occupied West Bank as “aggression” undermining any chances of a peace settlement with the Palestinians.
Deputy leader of UK’s Labour to demand Brexit referendum before election: report
Tom Watson, UK Labour’s deputy leader, will call for the opposition party to demand a second Brexit referendum that should be held before a general election, the Independent newspaper reported http://bit.ly/2HZNlKu on Tuesday, citing content from a spe…
Cameroon leader says government will organize talks to solve separatist crisis
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced in a rare public address on Tuesday the organization of a national dialogue to solve a separatist crisis in the country’s English-speaking regions.
North Korea carried out super-large multiple rocket launcher test on Tuesday: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a super-large multiple rocket launcher on Tuesday, North Korean state media KCNA said on Wednesday.
Families meet with U.S. transport chief after 737 MAX crashes
Relatives of some victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 met with U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao for about two hours on Tuesday, six months after the plane crashed into farmland outside the capital Addis Ababa.
Trump’s ‘very bad’ Bahamian drug dealers? U.S. data shows little evidence
President Donald Trump’s concern the United States could open its doors to “very bad drug dealers” by easing immigration rules for the storm-hit Bahamas is undercut by administration data showing the Caribbean plays a small role in the narcotics trade….
North Korea unlikely to mourn ‘war maniac’ Bolton, but U.S. task no easier
Among those unlikely to be mourning John Bolton’s departure as U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser are officials in North Korea who have denounced him as a “war maniac” and “human scum” for his attempts to end Pyongyang’s nuclear p…
Canada’s Trudeau to launch formal campaign for October 21 election on Wednesday
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will formally launch the campaign for an Oct. 21 national election on Wednesday, according to a statement, setting up what opinion polls now indicate will be a tight race.
Malta agrees to let last migrants stranded on NGO boat disembark
Malta will let five Tunisian migrants stranded on the migrant rescue ship Alan Kurdi disembark after two European Union countries agreed to take them in, the Maltese government said on Tuesday.
