Zimbabwe police ban protests against new tax, citing cholera
Zimbabwe police will stop planned protests by the labor movement against a new tax on money transfers on Thursday because of a standing order outlawing public gatherings in the capital following a cholera outbreak, its spokesman said.
Britain’s big Brexit vote: Will parliament back PM May?
If British Prime Minister Theresa May is able to strike a Brexit deal with the European Union in the coming weeks, she will face a crucial vote in parliament when she asks lawmakers to approve it.
U.S. carries out air strike in Somalia, 1 militant killed: AFRICOM
The U.S. military said on Tuesday it had killed one militant in an air strike in southern Somalia over the weekend during a battle pitting U.S. and Somali government troops against al Shabaab Islamist fighters.
Turkish hydroelectric dam will leave hundreds homeless
Hundreds of people displaced by a huge dam in southeast Turkey fear they could go homeless because resettlement laws prevent them from moving into a new government-built town above the rising Tigris River waters.
South Africa’s Ramaphosa to issue statement on finance minister Nene
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will speak on the fate of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on Tuesday, his office said, days after Nene admitted to having meetings with the business family at the center of a scandal over alleged corruption.
UK Conservatives face ‘dire consequences’ with Brexit strategy: former minister
Britain’s former Brexit minister David Davis said on Tuesday that the ruling Conservative Party will face dire consequences at the next election if it sticks with Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans, the Sun newspaper reported.
Ex-Guatemala vice president sentenced to 15-1/2 years in prison
Former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti was sentenced to 15-1/2 years in prison on Tuesday for fraud, influence peddling and illicit association related to a government contract to clean up a polluted lake, in the first of several cases she fa…
India’s #MeToo movement takes aim at alleged sexual misconduct, triggering probes, departures
The #MeToo movement in India has gathered momentum in recent days, with more than a dozen complaints of sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct leveled online against prominent journalists, actors, movie directors, comedians and other public figu…
Espionage scandals show Russian army’s growing clout
Russia’s military spies are being mocked abroad as bunglers but the army’s influence over Kremlin foreign policy is growing and there is little likelihood it will halt its “black operations”.
Britain asks Saudis to explain what happened to missing journalist
Britain’s foreign minister Jeremy Hunt called on Saudi Arabia to explain what happened to the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing since he visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week.
