Polish proposal on Irish backstop time limit is not EU’s position: Commission
Poland’s proposal to limit to five years the Irish backstop arrangement in the agreement with Britain on its withdrawal from the European Union is not the position of the EU, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Tuesday.
EU says Romania must avoid stepping back from fighting corruption
The European Commission criticized on Tuesday Romania’s plans for an amnesty for corrupt politicians, calling it a step backwards in fighting graft.
Plane carrying Cardiff City soccer player Sala goes missing over English Channel
Newly signed Cardiff City soccer player Emiliano Sala was on board a light aircraft that went missing over the English Channel late on Monday, French police sources said.
Factbox: Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala
Cardiff City’s record signing striker Emiliano Sala was on board a light aircraft that went missing over the English Channel late on Monday. [nL8N1ZM2ER]
Egypt says dozens of militants killed in Sinai peninsula
Egyptian security forces have killed 59 militants in the Sinai peninsula recently and have lost seven of their own men, the military said in a statement on Tuesday.
U.S. man Russia accuses of spying was misled, says 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 cultural rather than secret information.
Factbox: UK PM May’s Brexit ‘plan B’ – What happens next in parliament?
British Prime Minister Theresa May has sought to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit by proposing to seek further concessions from the European Union on a plan to prevent customs checks on the Irish border.
Zimbabwe president condemns crackdown, supporters raise impeachment fears
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised on Tuesday to investigate a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters, as two of his supporters spoke of a possible plot to remove him from office.
Israel’s Arabs to embrace Netanyahu’s anti-Arab slogan in election
Israel’s Arab lawmakers plan to commandeer Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim in the last election that Arabs were heading to the polls “in droves” to encourage their own voters in April’s election.
Alleged U.S. spy Whelan didn’t know he was handed secret files: lawyer
Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine charged by Russia with espionage, was detained moments after being handed a USB drive he believed contained cultural information but which turned out to contain secret files, his Russian lawyer said on Tuesday.
