Shackled Bahraini footballer in Thailand ‘upsetting’: Australia PM
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday he was “disturbed” to see Bahraini refugee footballer Hakeem Al Araibi in shackles in Thailand and had told its prime minister this was a serious issue for Australians.
EU is waiting to hear PM May’s Brexit plan: Commission
The European Union wants to hear what Theresa May plans to do on Brexit, a spokesman for the bloc said before the British prime minister holds talks in Brussels on Thursday.
Italy government nominates EU Minister Savona as next Consob chief: government source
The Italian cabinet has nominated euro-sceptic European Union Affairs Minister Paolo Savona as the next head of Consob, the country’s market watchdog, a government source said on Tuesday.
British PM May to travel to Brussels on Thursday: EU
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will receive British Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels on Thursday, the spokesman for the bloc’s executive said.
Kazakh president dismisses talk of snap election
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday dismissed reports that he was planning a snap election after he sought clarification on a clause in the constitution covering the length of his term.
Turkey’s Erdogan says no satisfactory plan yet on north Syria safe zone
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he had not yet seen an acceptable plan from the United States for the creation of a safe zone in northeastern Syria, three weeks after President Donald Trump suggested establishing the zone.
U.N. envoy says Yemen prisoner swap would help peace process
A U.N. special envoy told warring Yemenis on Tuesday that rapid implementation of a prisoner swap deal would help advance efforts at a political settlement of a nearly four-year-old war.
Zimbabwe teachers strike patchy as reprisals feared
Some Zimbabwean teachers stayed at home while others went slow on the job as an indefinite strike at state schools got off to a patchy start amid fears of further intimidation by security forces who cracked down hard on protests last month.
After deadly Syrian battle, evidence of Russian losses was obscured
The last contact Grigoriy Gancherov and his wife had with their son, a Russian private military contractor fighting in Syria, was on Feb. 4 last year.
Stolen Swedish royal jewelry most likely found: police
Jewelry stolen from the Swedish royal family last year in a daring heist involving a motorboat has probably been found, the police said on Tuesday.
