Seven dead after pre-poll attacks on Hindu leaders in two Indian states
At least seven people including a state legislator for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were killed in two separate attacks on Tuesday, officials said, days before India begins a general election.
Bomb kills eight in Syria’s Raqqa, including four U.S.-backed Syrian fighters: security source
A bomb attack in the Syrian city of Raqqa killed eight people on Tuesday including four members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a security source in northern Syria said.
Afghan contractor listed as killed in blast is alive
An Afghan contractor who was believed to have been killed in a car bomb near Kabul is alive, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
Japan’s air force loses contact with F-35 stealth fighter
Japan’s military said on Tuesday it lost contact with one of its Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan.
Minority Arabs in Israel object to cameras at polling centers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party sent monitors equipped with body cameras to a number of polling stations with Arab constituents on election day in Israel on Tuesday, and Arab politicians condemned the move as voter intimidation.
May heads to France after asking Merkel to help on Brexit impasse
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday met Angela Merkel, the European Union’s most powerful leader, to seek support for a new Brexit delay while her ministers tried to break the deadlock in London at crisis talks with the opposition Labour Part…
Catalan officials charged with helping organize 2017 independence vote
A Barcelona court on Tuesday charged 30 people with misuse of public funds over Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, a move that may worsen tensions between the region and Spain’s central government ahead of a nationwide election on April 28.
Four police, one civilian killed in bomb attack in North Sinai: sources
Five people including four police personnel were killed on Tuesday when a suspected militant blew himself up near a market in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid, three security sources said.
Sudan must deliver credible plan for transition: UK, U.S. and Norway
Sudanese authorities must respond to protesters and deliver a credible plan for a political transition, Britain, the United States and Norway said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
Putin declines to say if he wants Donald Trump to be re-elected
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday declined to say if he wanted to see U.S. President Donald Trump re-elected next year, citing a long list of disagreements with the Trump administration.
