Sudan’s opposition observes first day of strike, military says communication not suspended
Sudan’s alliance of opposition and protest groups held a general strike on Tuesday as tensions mounted with the country’s military rulers over the transition to democracy.
Pope says he would confront Trump directly on border wall
Pope Francis said he was willing to tell U.S. President Donald Trump in person that it is wrong to build border walls and appeared to warn him not to resume a policy of separating families.
Merkel and Macron spar in hunt for ‘Mr or Ms Europe’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron disagreed on Tuesday over who should be the next chief of the European Commission as EU leaders bargained over names for the bloc’s top jobs in the next five years.
Tusk says Brexit served as ‘vaccine’ against eurosceptic EU vote
Britain’s Brexit paralysis served as a “vaccine” against the eurosceptic vote in the European Union’s parliamentary elections, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.
EU’s Tusk wants at least two women in top EU jobs
The chairman of European Union leaders Donald Tusk on Tuesday got a mandate to seek out the best candidates for the EU’s top jobs this year and said he aimed to fill at least half of them with women.
Macron wants ‘charismatic’ men and women for top EU jobs
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he wanted two women and two men with strong personalities to lead the European Union in the next five years, although he refused to name his favorite candidates at this stage.
EU leaders want to settle on EU Commission chief by June summit: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that EU leaders had agreed they would try to settle on a candidate to head the EU executive, the European Commission, by the next time they meet for a summit in June.
Brazil to send prison gang leaders to federal jails after massacre: justice minister
Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Tuesday that the prison gang leaders responsible for killing 55 inmates in prisons across the northern city of Manaus will be moved to maximum security federal jails.
France calls on Iraq to spare six of its citizens from death penalty
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday said France was intensifying diplomatic efforts to prevent six of its citizens being executed in Iraq after they were sentenced to death for belonging to Islamic State.
U.S. calls Russian, Syrian air strikes ‘reckless escalation’ in Syria
The United States continues to be alarmed by Syrian government and Russian air strikes in northwest Syria and believes they are a “reckless escalation” of violence, the State Department said on Tuesday.
