Sudan protesters take the train to support demonstrators
Piled onto the roof of a train or packed inside, hundreds of protesters from the birthplace of the uprising that toppled Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir rolled into Khartoum on Tuesday to support activists demanding that the military relinquish…
Merkel speaks to Ukraine’s new president, invites him to Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone on Tuesday with Ukraine’s newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and invited him to Germany, a German government spokeswoman said.
Austrian far-right politician resigns over ‘rat’ poem
The vice-mayor of the Austrian town where Adolf Hitler was born resigned from his post and the far-right Freedom Party on Tuesday after provoking strong criticism with a poem in which he compared migrants with rats.
Kushner says has urged Saudi prince to be transparent about Khashoggi killing
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday he had urged Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to be transparent about the circumstances surrounding the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
U.N. secretary-general calls Myanmar prosecution of Reuters reporters ‘unacceptable’
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes the prosecution of two Reuters reporters in Myanmar was “unacceptable” and will continue seeking their release, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka president to change defense heads after attacks
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday said he expects to change the heads of the country’s defense forces within a day following their failure to prevent suicide bombs that killed over 300 people, despite the fact they had prior informati…
Indian officials travel deep into jungle to allow one temple priest to vote
Indian officials traveled nearly 70 km (45 miles) through lion-infested jungle this week to ensure a 69-year-old holy man got his chance to take part in the world’s biggest democratic exercise.
Ugandan singer and presidential hopeful says he is under house arrest
A Ugandan pop singer and lawmaker seeking to challenge veteran President Yoweri Museveni at the next election said on Tuesday he had been placed under house arrest, as the U.S. government criticized what it called authorities’ “heavy-handed” use of for…
IS claims Sri Lanka blasts, as government says probe making progress
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 321 people in what officials believe was retaliation for assaults on mosques in New Zealand.
Migrants in Libyan jail were reportedly seriously wounded in shooting: U.N.
Migrants in a detention facility in the Libyan capital Tripoli have reportedly been seriously wounded in a random shooting, the U.N. migration agency IOM said on Tuesday.
