U.N. again defers report on companies with Israeli settlement ties
Publication of a U.N. database of companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank has been delayed again, drawing the ire of activists who have campaigned for three years.
Cracks appear in Algeria’s elite as embattled Bouteflika buys time
The biggest demonstrations in Algeria since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising have died down since the weekend, but cracks are appearing within a ruling elite long regarded as invincible.
EU’s Juncker hits out at Hungary PM over party group membership
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of coming “within a hair’s breadth” of peddling falsehoods, and said those who spread lies for domestic gain do not belong in the European People’s Party (E…
UK police link small bombs sent to London airports and rail hub
London’s counter-terrorism police said they had launched an investigation into who mailed three small bombs to two airports and a major rail station on Tuesday.
Liberian bankers charged after probe into missing millions
The son of Liberia’s ex-president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, an ex-central bank governor and current bank official were charged with economic sabotage late on Monday after investigations uncovered evidence of possible malpractice by the regulator.
Czech man killed by lion he kept at his property
A lion that mauled and killed its owner in a cage at his property in the Czech Republic has been shot dead by police.
Senegal’s president officially secures re-election
Senegalese President Macky Sall was officially declared winner of the Feb. 24 election on Tuesday, after the constitutional council confirmed his re-election with 58 percent of votes.
Romanian magistrates unsatisfied by partial rollback of judicial changes
Romanian magistrates who have launched a protest against modifications of the judicial system they say threaten the rule of law dismissed a partial rollback of the changes on Tuesday as insufficient.
British PM May’s top lawyer in Brussels in last-ditch Brexit bid
Prime Minister Theresa May’s top government lawyer was holding talks in Brussels on Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to secure changes to get her Brexit deal through parliament and smooth Britain’s departure from the European Union.
U.N. religious freedom expert seeks visit to China’s Xinjiang
The United Nations investigator on religious freedom said on Tuesday he has asked China to let him visit its Xinjiang region where some 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are in facilities activists call mass detention camps.
