U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s visit to London is going ahead, embassy says
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to London is going ahead this week after he canceled a visit to Berlin, a spokesman for U.S. embassy in London said.
U.N. seeks release of thousands of migrants held in Yemen
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on Tuesday for the release of more than 3,000 migrants, mainly Ethiopians, who it said remain held in inhumane conditions in two detention centers in southern Yemen.
Singapore opposition echoes public calls to scrap proposed fake news law
Singapore’s lone opposition party, which only holds six of 89 seats in parliament, will oppose a controversial fake news bill, its leader said on Tuesday, echoing public calls for its withdrawal but unable to make any difference.
France’s Macron concerned by Syrian strikes in Idlib
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed concern on Tuesday over Syrian government strikes carried out in Idlib and he called for a U.N.-backed political resolution to the war.
Living in the ruins of Aleppo’s old frontline
When Hassan Ahmed al-Aoul looks from his balcony in the historic Syrian city of Aleppo, little meets his gaze but ruins – great mounds of rubble where his neighbors’ houses used to stand near an old frontline.
U.S. cited “international security issues” for cancellation of Pompeo’s Berlin visit: German source
The U.S. administration cited “international security issues” as the reason for U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s visit to Berlin being canceled, a German government source told Reuters.
U.S. regional unpopularity cause of safety not Iran: Zarif tweets
Unpopularity in the Middle East is the cause of U.S. safety concerns, not Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on Tuesday, after Washington said it was sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the region.
EU’s Juncker says “unacceptable” to link Tusk to Hitler and Stalin in Poland
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday it was “totally unacceptable” to link fellow top EU official, Donald Tusk, with tyrants Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, as has been done by Polish state TV.
EU should have spoken out against “lies” in Brexit vote: Juncker
The European Union was wrong to stay silent in 2016 during the campaign ahead of the British referendum on membership in the bloc because it should have corrected “lies” spread by the “Leave” side, the head of the European Commission said.
Denmark’s prime minister calls election for June 5
Denmark will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Tuesday, starting a campaign likely to focus on cracks in the Nordic country’s cherished welfare model.
