U.S.’s Hook to meet European officials on Iran in Paris next week
U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook plans to travel to Paris next week for talks about Iran with senior British, French and German officials, a senior European diplomat and another source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
EU delays decision on membership talks with Albania, North Macedonia
European Union governments failed on Tuesday to make good on a promise to open membership talks with North Macedonia and Albania, which face further delays to their hopes of joining the bloc due to resistance from northern Europe.
Tunisia approves law excluding presidential candidate leading in polls
Tunisia’s parliament passed an amendment to its electoral law on Tuesday that would bar businessman Nabil Karoui, owner of a private TV station critical of the government, from running for president in a vote expected later this year.
Striking miners and police clash at Chile’s Chuquicamata mine
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in clashes on Tuesday with miners striking at Chile’s giant Chuquicamata copper mine, as the workers tried to block access to a site operated by state-owned giant, Codelco.
U.N. chief urges Russia, Turkey to stabilize Syria’s Idlib ‘without delay’
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres appealed to Russia and Turkey on Tuesday to stabilize northwest Syria as the U.N. aid chief said
Mexico’s leader willing to repatriate remains of strongman Diaz from Paris
Mexico’s left-leaning President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he would support the idea of repatriating the remains of late strongman Porfirio Diaz if the bones of a revolutionary who fought him could also be sent back to Mexico.
U.S. and Turkey in close touch on S-400/F-35 dispute: NATO commander
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar are in contact about Ankara’s plans to buy a Russian air defense system, and may meet during NATO meetings in Brussels next week, NATO’s commander said.
IRGC chief says Iran’s ballistic missiles capable of hitting ‘carriers in the sea’
The commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Tuesday that Iran’s ballistic missiles were capable of hitting “carriers in the sea” with great precision.
Trump leaves ‘question mark’ over use of force to protect Gulf oil
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to take military action to stop Tehran having a nuclear bomb but left open whether he would sanction the use of force to protect Gulf oil supplies.
Netanyahu welcomes Bahrain meeting, Israeli ex-general to attend
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised on Tuesday a U.S.-led conference on the Palestinian economy in Bahrain, and a source said a former Israeli general would be among the participants.
