Three arrested over alleged bid to blackmail founder of India’s Paytm
An Indian court on Tuesday remanded three people, including the spokeswoman of the country’s biggest digital payments company Paytm, to a week’s custody over an alleged bid to blackmail its founder and extort $2.7 million by threatening to leak stolen …
Turkey says cannot tolerate unilateral steps by Greece in Aegean Sea
Turkey cannot tolerate steps in the Aegean Sea by Greece without agreement of the two countries, the foreign ministry spokesman said in a written statement on Tuesday, after Greek officials spoke of plans to expand the country’s territorial waters.
Rights group accuses Palestinian Authority, Hamas, of using systematic torture
Security forces of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza’s rival Hamas group routinely arrest and torture critics and opponents to try to stifle dissent, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
Kremlin says nuclear pact U.S. wants to quit has problems
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a nuclear arms treaty Washington says it wants to quit had its weak points, but that it did not welcome what it called the dangerous U.S. approach of talking of withdrawal without proposing a replacement.
Kremlin says knows official Saudi stance on Khashoggi, rest is for investigators
Russia has heard the official Saudi Arabia’s stance that the royal family had no connection to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
France begins deliberations on new aircraft carrier
France will make a decision on the replacement of its flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle at the start of 2020, its armed forces minister said on Tuesday.
Thousands evacuated as Hurricane Willa descends on Mexico
Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings boarded up and classes canceled on Mexico’s Pacific coast as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains on Tuesday.
Turkey’s Erdogan says strong signs Khashoggi killing was planned
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that there were strong signs that the killing of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned and that he was killed in a “savage way”.
Turkey’s Erdogan says not satisfied with Saudi blaming some of its intelligence agents
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he was not satisfied with Saudi Arabia blaming some of its intelligence agents for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and called for suspects to be tried in Istanbul.
France’s ban on full-body Islamic veil violates human rights: U.N. rights panel
The U.N. Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France’s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights and called on it to review the legislation.
