Former FARC leader in Colombia fails to show up in court in drug-trafficking case
A missing former FARC rebel commander-turned-lawmaker who helped negotiate Colombia’s 2016 peace deal failed to show up in court on Tuesday to face questioning over U.S. drug-trafficking charges, a fresh blow to the landmark agreement.
U.S. wants North Korea freeze as beginning, not end, of denuclearization
The United States would hope to see a freeze in the North Korean nuclear program as the start of a process of denuclearization, the State Department said on Tuesday, ahead of fresh talks with Pyongyang supposed to take place this month.
U.S. wants military coalition to safeguard waters off Iran, Yemen
The United States hopes to enlist allies over the next two weeks or so in a military coalition to safeguard strategic waters off Iran and Yemen, where Washington blames Iran and Iran-aligned fighters for attacks, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday.
French prosecutors seek suspended prison sentence for Saudi princess
French prosecutors said on Tuesday they were pushing for a six-month suspended prison sentence for the king of Saudi Arabia’s daughter, as she went on trial in absentia in a case involving the beating of a workman in her luxury flat in Paris.
U.S. sanctions three Hezbollah leaders, including two Lebanon Parliament members
The U.S. Treasury added three top Hezbollah figures to its list of sanctioned individuals on Tuesday, including two members of the Lebanese Parliament and a security official responsible for coordinating between Hezbollah and Lebanon’s security agencie…
Britain’s PM hopefuls battle over Brexit in bad-tempered debate
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, rivals to become Britain’s next prime minister, clashed over who could be most trusted on Brexit on Tuesday in a sometimes bad-natured television debate just two weeks before one will be crowned.
U.S. man accused in theft at North Korean Embassy in Madrid ordered freed on bail
A U.S. man accused of taking part in a raid of the North Korean Embassy in Madrid was ordered freed on $1.3 million bail on Tuesday but must serve home confinement ahead of his possible extradition to Spain.
Johnson declines to back UK envoy to Washington over Trump row
Boris Johnson, the leading contender to become Britain’s prime minister, declined to say whether he would keep the country’s ambassador to Washington in his job after the envoy was criticized publicly by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Iran Guards commander says U.S. bases are in range of its missiles: Tasnim
A commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that U.S. regional bases and its aircraft carriers in the Gulf are within the range of Iranian missiles, the Tasnim news agency reported, amid heightened tension between Tehran and Washi…
Johnson refuses to rule out shutting parliament to get no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson, the favourite to become the next British prime minister, refused on Tuesday to rule out suspending parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.
