Pakistan Prime Minister Khan says he will try to persuade Taliban to meet Afghan government
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said he would try meet with the Taliban in an effort to persuade the group to meet with the Afghan government, as the United States seeks to end the nearly 18-year old war.
Operator of seized British tanker says still waiting to visit crew in Iran
The Swedish-based operator of the British-flagged tanker seized last week by Iran said on Tuesday it was still awaiting permission to visit the ship’s 23 crew members.
First Russian-Chinese air patrol in Asia-Pacific draws shots from South Korea
Russia carried out what it said was its first long-range joint air patrol in the Asia-Pacific region with China on Tuesday, a mission that triggered hundreds of warning shots, according to South Korean officials, and a strong protest from Japan.
Britain’s Johnson poaches Sky exec Griffith as business adviser
Boris Johnson has appointed as his senior business adviser Andrew Griffith, the chief financial officer of Sky who worked his way up through the pay-TV group under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch, the company said on Tuesday.
UK’s Johnson steers lawmakers away from early general election: lawmaker
Incoming British prime minister Boris Johnson has told members of the governing Conservative Party in parliament that he does not want to hold an early general election, senior lawmaker Nicky Morgan said on Tuesday.
Johnson promises to give ‘maximum energy’ to new role as British leader
Boris Johnson promised fellow Conservatives on Tuesday he would put his “maximum energy” into his new role as Britain’s prime minister, calling on the governing party to pull together to leave the European Union by Oct. 31.
Guatemala blames opponents after Trump tariff threat
Guatemala’s Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel on Tuesday blamed unnamed “national actors” for damaging relations with the United States and said they would be responsible if U.S. President Donald Trump puts tariffs on the poor Central American nation.
Canada launches fighter jet competition, sees first aircraft delivery in 2025
Canada officially launched a long-delayed competition for new fighter jets on Tuesday, and said it was confident that there had been no favoritism toward any one contender though some have said the race is tilted towards Lockheed Martin Corp..
Bulgaria president vetoes $1.26 billion deal for F-16 fighter jets
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Tuesday vetoed a deal to buy eight new Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets, describing a lack of consensus over the purchase as “extremely worrying”.
More than 60 killed, hundreds of thousands displaced by flooding in Bangladesh
Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes across a third of Bangladesh, government officials said on Tuesday, after two weeks of heavy monsoon rains.
