Sudan opposition says around 20 killed during defense ministry sit-in
Around 20 people have been killed and dozens wounded in dawn attacks on a sit-in outside Sudan’s defense ministry by protesters calling for President Omar al-Bashir to step down, the head of the main opposition party said on Tuesday.
Brexit delay to May 22 might not be sufficient for UK PM May to pass deal: solicitor general
Britain cannot be certain that delaying Brexit to May 22 would provide enough time to ratify Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, the government’s Solicitor General Robert Buckland said on Tuesday.
Putin says Norwegian spy suspect can’t be pardoned until his trial is over: agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that he could not consider pardoning a Norwegian held in Russia on espionage charges as a verdict had not yet been reached in his trial, Russian news agencies reported.
Uganda makes arrests in kidnap of American tourist and her guide
Uganda said Tuesday some suspects had been arrested in connection with last week’s kidnap of an American tourist and her tour guide in a national park while a minister told a local TV that a ransom had been paid to free them.
In breakthrough, China promises EU companies equal treatment
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang promised his European Union hosts on Tuesday that Beijing will no longer force foreign companies to share sensitive know-how when operating in China and was ready to address industrial subsidies.
Putin, on Mueller report: ‘We said from the start it would find nothing’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday commented for the first time on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s completed report into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, saying Moscow had always said it would find nothing.
U.N. says to hold Libya’s national conference as soon as possible
The U.N special envoy to Libya said on Tuesday that he would work to convene a national conference that had been due to begin on Sunday and would do it when conditions of its success were met.
Brexit fog worse than no-deal risk: Belgian port chief
Uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union is worse than the prospect of a “no deal” Brexit just days away, according to the head of the port of Zeebrugge.
France certainly open to Brexit extension, Irish PM says
Ireland’s prime minister expressed confidence that his French counterpart was open to offering Britain an extension to Brexit talks after the pair met last week, but that President Emmanuel Macron favored setting strict conditions.
Bomb kills eight in Syrian city of Raqqa
A bomb attack in the Syrian city of Raqqa killed at least eight people on Tuesday, including four fighters of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a security source in northern Syria said .
