Tanzania lawmakers protest against expulsion from parliament of critic of president
Opposition lawmakers in Tanzania on Tuesday boycotted the swearing in of a ruling party lawmaker who replaced a fierce critic of the president following his expulsion from parliament.
Hurricane Dorian bashes Bahamas, inches towards Florida coast
Slow-moving hurricane Dorian pounded Grand Bahama Island on Tuesday and was forecast to come “dangerously close” to Florida’s coast by day’s end before drenching the U.S. East Coast for the next several days.
Mexican president says spending on security will increase in 2020
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that the federal budget for security will increase next year, as the government seeks to curb high levels of violent crime.
U.S., France, Britain may be complicit in Yemen war crimes, U.N. report says
The United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
U.S. vice president urges EU to negotiate ‘in good faith’ on Brexit
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence used a visit to Ireland on Tuesday to urge the European Union to negotiate “in good faith” with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and reach a Brexit deal that respects British sovereignty.
At least one killed in two motorbike explosions in Syrian border town
At least one civilian was killed and more than 16 wounded on Tuesday by two bombs hidden in motorbikes in the Syrian border town of Azaz, which is controlled by Turkey-backed rebels, two witnesses and a security source said.
We are working to stop UK PM Johnson using election for no-deal Brexit: Labour’s Corbyn
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday opposition parties were working on ways to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson from using an early election to force through a no-deal Brexit.
Sudan’s PM chooses 14 members of first cabinet since Bashir’s ouster
Sudan’s prime minister has approved 14 members of his cabinet, the first to be appointed since the fall of long-term leader Omar al-Bashir in April, a source said on Tuesday.
Irish PM sends no-change-on-Brexit-deal message back with U.S. vice president
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said his government must stand behind the divorce agreement the European Union has struck with Britain for the sake of peace, a message he asked Vice President Mike Pence to take back to the United States.
Blast destroys houses in Belgium’s Antwerp
An explosion destroyed three houses on the outskirts of the Belgian port city of Antwerp on Tuesday, emergency services said.
