Stoltenberg says NATO committed to Afghan mission despite attacks
Security problems and a spate of insider attacks on NATO troops in Afghanistan will not affect the alliance’s commitment to building Afghan forces capable of making the Taliban accept a negotiated end to the war, NATO’s top official said on Tuesday.
After Macron, EU executive echoes EU army call
An EU army is likely to be formed one day, the European Commission said on Tuesday after French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “real European army” to reduce dependence on the United States.
France arrests six over plot to attack Macron: official
French police on Tuesday arrested five men and a woman, all from the radical far right, suspected of plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, an official close to the investigation said.
Thousands of child soldiers still trapped after South Sudan war: U.N.
Thousands of child soldiers dragged into South Sudan’s civil war are unlikely to be freed soon because aid agencies lack the funds to look after them, a U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.
No Brexit deal, no transition without Irish backstop: EU’s Barnier
The European Union will not conclude an exit agreement with Britain or give London a transition period after Brexit without a deal that prevents a “hard” border in Ireland, the bloc’s main negotiator said on Tuesday.
Deadly political calculations: Why India isn’t fixing its toxic smog problem
As pollution levels surged to “severe” and “hazardous” levels in New Delhi this week, there was little sign that residents of India’s teeming capital were doing much to protect themselves.
Irish PM says backstop can’t have expiry date or unilateral exit clause
Ireland is open to creative language and creative solutions but will not change its position that a border backstop clause in a Brexit deal can have no expiry date or unilateral exit clause, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday.
Putin and Trump to meet briefly in Paris: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet briefly in Paris next week, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday, and U.S. officials said such a meeting was likely.
Three bodies found in rubble of collapsed buildings in Marseille
The bodies of two men and one woman have been found in the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in the city of Marseille on Monday, the local fire brigade said, while searches continued for other people who might be buried.
UK PM no closer to deal to leave EU as poll says Britons want to stay
Britain would vote to stay in the European Union if there was another referendum, a poll showed, as uncertainty over whether Prime Minister Theresa May would be able to clinch a deal on the terms of departure roiled sterling on Tuesday.
