Putin’s Stasi identity card discovered in German archives
The identity card, issued more than three decades ago by East Germany’s Stasi secret police, would be of little interest were it not for the name of the man staring out: Vladimir Putin.
Two missile launchers found in Yemen appear to be from Iran: U.N.
Two launch units for anti-tank guided missiles recovered by a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen appear to have been manufactured in Iran during 2016 and 2017, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
Macron’s concessions set to blow out French deficit
France is on course to overshoot the European Union’s budget deficit ceiling next year without new spending cuts after President Emmanuel Macron caved in to anti-government street protests.
After May asks for help, Germany’s Merkel says no more Brexit negotiations
German leader Angela Merkel ruled out further negotiations on Brexit on Tuesday but said efforts were being made to give Britain reassurances after Prime Minister Theresa May abruptly pulled a parliamentary vote at home because she faced defeat.
EU to give Swiss time until June to agree new treaty: sources
The European Commission decided on Tuesday to offer Switzerland six additional months to agree on a new treaty that will govern the country’s future relations with the European Union, two EU sources told Reuters.
U.N. proposes Yemen’s warring parties pull out of key port: sources
The United Nations proposed at initial talks between Yemen’s warring parties on Tuesday that they withdraw from the contested port city of Hodeidah, a lifeline for millions facing famine, and place it under the control of an interim entity.
Five dead, four wounded in shooting at Catholic cathedral in Brazil
A gunman opened fire inside the Catholic cathedral in the Brazilian city of Campinas on Tuesday and fatally shot four people praying in the pews before killing himself when police wounded him, authorities said.
Time’s ‘Person of Year’ goes to journalists, including Reuters pair
Time on Tuesday named a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and two Reuters reporters imprisoned by Myanmar’s government, as “Person of the Year” and warned the idea of truth as critical to democracy is under assault.
UK can revoke or postpone Brexit, says Dublin as it prepares for ‘no deal’
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Britain could avoid prospective disruption to trade across the EU by revoking or extending its notice to quit the bloc, as Dublin on Tuesday began enacting its contingency plan for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
France gives weapons to Central Africa, favors end to embargo
France on Tuesday delivered hundreds of assault weapons to Central African Republic (CAR) to fight the growing influence of armed groups in its former colony and said it had no objections in principle to lifting a U.N. arms embargo on the country.
