Detained Lebanese businessman leaves Iran for Beirut: official
Lebanese businessman Nizar Zakka left Iran, where he was detained since 2015, and flew to Beirut with Lebanon’s security chief on Tuesday, a Lebanese official told Reuters.
Turkey says killed 10 Kurdish militants in Syria’s Tel Rifaat region
Turkey killed 10 Kurdish militants in Syria’s Tel Rifaat region on Sunday in retaliation for an attack that killed a Turkish soldier, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
New Iraqi Kurdish president’s cousin succeeds him as regional prime minister
Iraq’s Kurdish region named a cousin of its new president to succeed him as prime minister on Tuesday, keeping power in the hands of the family that has governed since the region gained partial self rule after dictator Saddam Hussein’s fall.
Family of French fighter who had been in Syria is sent back to France: source
The family of a French man who had been fighting in Syria arrived back in France on Tuesday after having been expelled from Turkey, said a judicial source.
Britain won’t get a better Brexit deal, German minister tells Conservatives
The European Union and its member states will not be prepared to renegotiate the Brexit deal agreed between London and Brussels whoever the next British Prime Minister is, Germany’s Europe Minister Michael Roth said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: The thin evidence against a jailed Venezuela opposition official
At about 2 a.m. on March 21, eight Venezuelan intelligence agents drove to the home of the top advisor to opposition leader Juan Guaido and broke down the door.
Nineteen killed in attack in Burkina Faso: government
Unidentified assailants killed 19 people and wounded 13 in an attack on and around the town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government said.
UK PM candidate Johnson criticized for avoiding scrutiny
Boris Johnson, the favorite to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, was criticized on Tuesday by a rival who said the former foreign minister was avoiding public scrutiny in the contest.
UK PM candidate Leadsom says: parliament cannot stop Brexit
Andrea Leadsom, one of the candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Tuesday that the British parliament could not stop Brexit taking place on Oct. 31.
Iran judiciary says to hand over detained Lebanese businessman to Lebanon
Lebanon’s security chief is due to escort a detained Lebanese man home from Iran on Tuesday after Beirut secured his release from an Iranian prison, with Iranian officials saying it was due partly to their close ties with Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.
