UK police arrest six men over burning of Grenfell Tower effigy
British police arrested six men after a video was posted on the internet that showed men mocking the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze by burning an effigy of the building as part of Guy Fawkes’ Night celebrations.
U.S. offers reward for information on senior PKK figures
The United States on Tuesday offered rewards for information on three senior members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged an armed insurgency against the Turkish state for decades.
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish lawmaker to jail on terrorism charges
A Turkish court sentenced a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish opposition party to 2-1/2 years in jail on terrorism charges, a party official said on Tuesday.
Qatar agrees to buy London’s Grosvenor House hotel: source
Qatar has agreed to buy one of London’s most famous hotels, the Grosvenor House, as energy revenue enables the wealthy Gulf state to go on a buying spree despite a blockade by its neighbors.
No deal yet as Irish border holds up Brexit, EU and UK say
A Brexit deal is close but not yet done due to differences over the Irish border, Britain and the European Union said on Tuesday as sterling see-sawed on contrasting perceptions of how hard it will be for Prime Minister Theresa May to clinch an agreeme…
Barnier insists on ‘all-weather’ Irish backstop
A “backstop” arrangement for avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland whatever happens after Brexit is a condition for any EU withdrawal agreement with Britain, EU negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.
Fighting between Colombia rebels and gang displaced 850 people: mayor
Fighting between Colombia’s ELN rebel group and a crime gang for control of a drug trafficking area in the eastern part of the country has displaced 850 people, including some 400 children, a local official said on Tuesday.
Israel braces for general strike on Wednesday, government says may be averted
Israel’s main public sector union said it would go ahead with a planned general strike on Wednesday that would shut down airports, banks and all government offices, in protest over what it says is state inaction over construction site deaths.
Lebanon minister apologizes to Egypt for insulting its cleanliness
Lebanon’s tourism minister has apologized to Egypt after criticizing the country’s cleanliness and living conditions in a newspaper interview, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said.
Britain says no special Brexit cabinet meeting scheduled yet
British Prime Minister Theresa May has not scheduled an additional cabinet meeting for this week, her spokesman said on Tuesday, but senior ministers would meet again when the time is right to approve a Brexit withdrawal agreement.
