Algeria protest leaders tell army to stay out of politics
A new group headed by political leaders, opposition figures and activists called on Algeria’s powerful generals to stay out of politics as it pressed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the government to quit.
Russia warns of attempts to destabilize situation in Algeria
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia was concerned by protests in Algeria and saw attempts underway to destabilize the situation in the North African country.
UK faces no-deal or no Brexit if it rejects May’s deal: Barclay
Britain’s Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay warned lawmakers on Tuesday they risked either destroying Brexit or leaving the European Union without a deal if they did not back Prime Minister Theresa May’s twice-defeated deal.
EU needs clarity from London on Brexit: Romanian minister
The European Union needs clarity from London on Brexit, a Romanian minister said in Brussels on Tuesday before chairing talks among his European peers, a day after British Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce plan was undermined further.
U.S.-backed SDF says it captured 157 militants, mostly foreigners
U.S.-backed fighters besieging the last shred of Islamic State territory in eastern Syria said on Tuesday they had captured 157 mostly foreign fighters as they tracked efforts by jihadists to escape the enclave.
Brexit in crisis as PM May plots a course around speaker’s obstruction
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans were in disarray on Tuesday as her government sought to plot a way around a ruling by the speaker of parliament that she must change her twice-defeated divorce deal to put it to a third vote.
Flags at half-mast after Utrecht shooting, police search for motive
Flags flew at half mast on government buildings across the Netherlands on Tuesday, a day after a gunman opened fire on a tram on the outskirts of Utrecht, killing three people.
Syrian Kurds accuse Assad of policy of ‘oppression and violence’
The Syrian government’s threat to recover the Kurdish-led region of northern Syria through force unless it submits to state rule shows Damascus is determined to pursue a policy of “oppression and violence”, the Kurdish-led administration said.
Thailand’s oldest party may be king-maker after vote to determine military role
Thailand’s oldest political party is heading into an election on Sunday with leader Abhisit Vejjajiva facing tough choices in the first polls since the military seized power in a 2014 coup.
‘Our darkest of days’: PM Ardern voices New Zealand’s grief
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday praised the bravery of mosque worshippers as a lone gunman massacred their friends and family, saying the nation stood with its grieving Muslim community in this “darkest of days”.
