Sri Lanka wants Chinese help to recover phone evidence over ‘assassination plot’
Sri Lankan police on Tuesday won permission from a court to ask Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei to help recover data from a phone used by a police informant who has alleged a plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena.
Second migrant caravan in Guatemala heads toward Mexico
A group of over a thousand Central Americans in Guatemala headed toward the Mexican border on Tuesday, as a larger caravan of migrants that has angered U.S. President Donald Trump paused in southern Mexico on its planned journey toward the U.S. border….
Turkey detains Swedish citizen over suspected PKK links: police
Turkish authorities have detained a Swedish citizen over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, police said on Wednesday.
Over 50 reported killed in clan clashes in breakaway Somali region
Fighting between clans in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region has killed more than 50 people, a witness at the scene and an official in neighboring Puntland said on Tuesday.
Bolton tells Kremlin: ‘Don’t mess with U.S. elections’
U.S. national security advisor John Bolton said Russian meddling in U.S. elections had backfired on Moscow, providing a lesson to the Kremlin: “Don’t mess with American elections.”
White House official: we’ll quit arms control treaty in due course
Washington is pressing ahead with its plan to quit a nuclear arms control pact, senior U.S. official John Bolton said on Tuesday, signaling that a meeting with Russian leader President Vladimir Putin had not deflected the White House from its plan.
U.S. Treasury sanctions target Taliban, Iranian backers
The United States targeted Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency on Tuesday with sanctions against eight individuals, including two linked to the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Bolton tells Kremlin: ‘Don’t mess with U.S. elections’
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Tuesday that Russian meddling in U.S. elections had backfired on Moscow, providing a lesson to the Kremlin: “Don’t mess with American elections.”
Russia soccer fans hurt in Rome after metro escalator accident: media
A group of CSKA Moscow soccer fans were hurt on Tuesday after an escalator in a Rome metro station broke, Italian news agencies reported.
Saudis offer Pakistan $6 billion rescue package to ease economic crisis
Saudi Arabia has agreed to give Pakistan $3 billion in foreign currency support for a year and a further loan worth up to $3 billion in deferred payments for oil imports to help stave off a current account crisis, Pakistan’s government said on Tuesday….
