Sudan committee to investigate targeting of protesters: military council
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council formed a joint committee with the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces opposition alliance to investigate the targeting of protesters, DFCF member Madani Abbas Madani said on Wednesday at a joint news conferenc…
Saudi oil facilities attacked, U.S. sees threat in Iraq from Iran-backed forces
Saudi Arabia said armed drones struck two of its oil pumping stations on Tuesday, two days after the sabotage of oil tankers near the United Arab Emirates, and the U.S. military said it was braced for “possibly imminent threats to U.S. forces in Iraq” …
Sudan transition to last three years: military council
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council agreed with the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces opposition alliance that the country’s transition period will last three years, a TMC member said on Wednesday.
Britain’s May to launch new push on her Brexit deal next month
British Prime Minister Theresa May will launch another push next month to approve Britain’s exit from the European Union before the summer break, setting a new deadline for her Brexit plan and a potential timetable for her own departure.
Argentina’s biggest union calls for anti-government strike
Argentina’s biggest labor union on Tuesday called for a 24-hour national strike to protest the government’s austerity policies, heaping pressure on President Mauricio Macri as he battles against a biting recession and jittery markets.
Early version of U.S. House bill seeks to bar F-35 from Turkey
A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday released an early version of a spending bill that seeks to prevent the shipment of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, as U.S. officials press Turkey not to buy a Russian S-400 air defense system.
Venezuela’s Guaido tells Canada PM he wants elections as soon as possible: Ottawa
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday and told him he was committed to holding free and fair elections as soon as possible, Trudeau’s office said in a statement.
U.S. senators offer bill targeting Russia-Germany pipeline
A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Tuesday seeking sanctions targeting the Nord Stream 2, a planned gas pipeline from Russia to Germany under fire from the United States and some European Union countries.
U.S. warns on possible ‘imminent threats’ to U.S. forces in Iraq
The U.S. military on Tuesday reaffirmed its concerns about possible imminent threats from Iranian-backed forces to its troops in Iraq, who were now at a high level of alert.
Pompeo tells Russia: Don’t meddle in next U.S. presidential election
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Russia on Tuesday that Washington would brook no interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and wanted Moscow to take action to show there would be no repeat of its suspected 2016 meddling.
