French producers attack U.S. decision on foie gras ban
French foie gras makers have accused the U.S. Supreme Court of bowing to false claims by vegetarian lobbyists with its refusal to hear an appeal against a California ban on the delicacy produced from force-fed ducks and geese.
Dutch foreign minister: Iran behind two political killings
The Netherlands said on Tuesday that Iran was involved in two political killings that led to new European Union sanctions against Tehran.
Car bomb blast kills two police in Iraq’s Tikrit
A car bomb killed at least two police officers and injured five civilians in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, a hospital source said.
Twenty Chinese school children wounded in hammer attack
A Chinese man attacked at least 20 young children at a Beijing primary school with a hammer on Tuesday, state television reported, in a rare act of violence in the capital.
Facing chants of ‘Nazi’ and ‘scum’, UK lawmakers ask police to act over Brexit abuse
British lawmakers called on the police on Tuesday to do more to tackle intimidation of politicians and journalists outside parliament after protesters shouted verbal abuse at a prominent pro-EU Conservative during live television interviews.
UK’s Brexit vote planned for Jan. 15, no plans to delay EU exit
Britain plans to hold a vote in parliament on the government’s deal to leave the European Union on Jan. 15, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Tuesday after a meeting of senior ministers.
Austria to loosen ban on dual citizenship for Brexit-hit nationals
Austria will create an exception to its ban on dual citizenship for its nationals living in Britain facing the prospect of Brexit, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, leaving open whether it would do the same for Britons in Austria.
French ministers aghast at support for boxer who fought police
A former French boxing champion who surrendered to police after he was filmed raining blows on riot officers during a “yellow vest” protest has received tens of thousands of euros in public donations, infuriating government ministers.
North Korea’s Kim discusses expected summit with Trump in talks in China: Yonhap
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed an expected U.S.-North Korea summit in talks in Beijing on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency said, days after Kim warned he may take an alternative path if the United States does not …
India says non-Muslim migrants have nowhere to go, should get citizenship
India wants to give citizenship to immigrants belonging to religious minorities persecuted in neighboring Muslim countries, including Pakistan, because they have nowhere go except India, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
