Brexit: Germany says not time to discuss Article 50 extension
It is not yet the time to consider a delay to Britain’s exit from the European Union as the British parliament may come around to supporting the current deal, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday.
Brexit: Ireland says it would not stand in way of Article 50 extension
Ireland would not block a British request to delay its exit from the European Union, but it would be up to the union as a whole to decide, Ireland’s Foreign Minister said on Tuesday.
Profit-hungry tiger breeders behind push to lift China’s trading ban
At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility’s successful breeding programme and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow flecked ground of their enclosure.
Former Mozambican finance minister’s lawyers to challenge his detention in South Africa
Lawyers for Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang will challenge the lawfulness of Chang’s detention in South Africa, they said in a Johannesburg court on Tuesday.
Tanzania appoints new mining minister: official
Tanzania appointed a new mining minister on Tuesday, an official from the president’s office announced on state TV, in the latest change in a sector roiled by government intervention.
Assailants beat far-right lawmaker unconscious: German police
Assailants wielding wooden bars beat unconscious a lawmaker for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the northern city of Bremen in what police described as a politically-motivated attack.
Erdogan says Syrian YPG fight against Islamic State ‘a huge lie’
The Kurdish YPG militia’s fight with Islamic State in Syria was “a huge lie”, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, as he criticized U.S. comments that Ankara must agree to protect Washington’s Kurdish allies.
Second death in London’s Canary Wharf in 24 hours
A man died on Tuesday after “falling from height” in a shopping center in London’s Canary Wharf, police said, the second death in the financial district in 24 hours.
Risk of no-deal Brexit remains: German foreign minister
Britain could crash out of the European Union without a deal, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday, urging British lawmakers to back an agreement that Prime Minister Theresa May sealed with the bloc last year.
EU agrees sanctions against Iran intelligence service -Danish Foreign Minister
The European Union has agreed sanctions against an Iranian intelligence service for planning assassinations in Europe, Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said on Tuesday.
