Venezuela launches WTO challenge to U.S. sanctions
Venezuela has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization to challenge U.S. sanctions, saying that a ban on travel by blacklisted individuals and trade restrictions break WTO rules, a WTO filing showed on Tuesday.
Congo election observer saw ‘major’ irregularities in vote count
An observer mission to Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election said on Tuesday it had witnessed 52 “major” irregularities in the 101 vote-counting centers it observed, including people tampering with results.
Somali region once riddled with pirates sees peaceful power transfer
A region of war-ravaged Somalia elected a new president on Tuesday, a peaceful transfer of power in a part of the country notorious for piracy and Islamist militias.
Skripal’s UK house to have roof removed for nerve-agent decontamination
Britain will remove the roof of the Salisbury home of former spy Sergei Skripal to decontaminate the property, ten months after he was found poisoned with nerve agent nearby in an attack that Britain has blamed on Russia.
Saudi security operation kills two in Shi’ite town: TV
Two people were killed and others arrested in a “preemptive” security operation in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Qatif province, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Tuesday.
Lebanon’s winter storm freezes refugees in flooded camps
Storms in Lebanon have flooded Syrian refugee camps, ruining tents, mattresses and food and compounding the misery of people enduring powerful winter winds and biting cold.
Car bomb blast kills two people in Iraq’s Tikrit
A car bomb killed two people and injured six in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, the military said.
German student admits to data hack that hit Merkel and others
A student confessed to one of Germany’s biggest data breaches, police said on Tuesday, ending the mystery over who hacked Angela Merkel and other public figures but doing little to ease the embarrassment of cyber security authorities.
Germany charges Syrian with stabbing that sparked Chemnitz riots
A Syrian man has been charged by German prosecutors with second degree murder over the stabbing of a Cuban-German citizen last year that set off the worst far-right riots in decades.
Trump administration snubs European diplomats in U.S.: officials
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has lowered the status of the European Union’s diplomats in Washington without notifying Brussels, EU officials said on Tuesday.
