Sudan protesters clash with police in ongoing unrest
Sudanese police fired tear gas on Tuesday at hundreds of protesters blocking roads, burning tires and chanting anti-government slogans in and around the capital Khartoum as month-long protests continued unabated.
Ex-U.S. marine jailed in Russia for spying was misled: lawyer
The lawyer for a former U.S. marine accused of spying by Russia said on Tuesday that his client had been misled before his arrest and believed that a thumb drive handed to him in a hotel room had contained holiday snaps rather than secret information.
Sex traffickers hold 20,000 Nigerian women and girls in Mali, agency says
As many as 20,000 women and girls are feared to have been trafficked from Nigeria to Mali where they are stranded after being forced into prostitution, the head of Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency said on Tuesday.
Spain charges ‘Wolf Pack’ with another sexual assault
Spanish prosecutors have tabled another sex crime charge against four men calling themselves “The Wolf Pack” who assaulted a young woman at the Pamplona bull-running festival in 2016.
U.S. military service member killed in Afghanistan: statement
A U.S. military service member was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the U.S. military said in a statement, without providing additional details.
Hundreds of protesters close off main road in north Khartoum
Hundreds of protesters blocked a main road in one of Khartoum’s most populous neighborhoods on Tuesday, witnesses said, as Sudanese police fired teargas to try to disperse the crowd.
Israel kills Hamas militant, delays Qatari cash after Gaza flare-up
An Israeli tank fired into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing a Hamas militant in what the army described as retaliation for the wounding of a soldier and a brief incursion during a violent Palestinian border protest.
Ukraine opposition leader Tymoshenko launches presidential bid as polarizing frontrunner
Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko launched her bid for the presidency on Tuesday as the early frontrunner in opinion polls, pledging to fight corruption, increase wages and speed up integration with the West.
Police to resume search for missing Cardiff footballer’s plane on Wednesday
Police have suspended the search for a light aircraft carrying Cardiff City’s new signing Emiliano Sala after it disappeared over the English Channel en route to the Welsh capital for the soccer player to make his club debut.
Greece removes historic sites from fund list after privatization protests
Greece’s government has taken 2,330 archaeological sites, monuments and museums out of a state assets fund, after protests by Greeks who feared their heritage might be sold off.
