Blast kills three Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police
Three Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern Iraqi city of Khanaqin on Tuesday, police said.
Ally of Germany’s Merkel urges sister party leader to step down as well
A senior member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives urged the head of the allied Bavarian CSU party to follow her example and step down as party leader after poor election results, in an interview published on Tuesday.
Gloves off: India’s ruling party underlines Hindu ambitions as elections near
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has been turning up the heat on some controversial and potentially highly divisive religious issues in recent days, with crucial state elections only weeks away and a general election…
Saudi prosecutor visits Istanbul court house in Khashoggi investigation: NTV
Saudi public prosecutor Saud Al Mojeb visited Istanbul’s main court house on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported.
Syria says Turkey not implementing Idlib deal: report
The Syrian government has accused Turkey of failing to meet obligations set out in an agreement with Russia to create a demilitarized zone free of jihadists in the northwest, at odds with the Russian view that Ankara is fulfilling the deal.
A century on from WW1, 100 years of work remains to clear munitions
As the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One draws near next month, bomb disposal experts are still digging up munitions sunk in the killing fields of eastern France — and it could be another 100 years before they are done.
Is the UK getting ready for an election? ‘I hope not,’ Hammond says
British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday that he hoped his budget was not an attempt to prepare for another national election.
Indonesian jet flew erratically the day before it crashed
The Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed in Indonesia on Monday morning flew erratically during a flight the previous evening when it experienced a “technical problem”, according to data from flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
Friction likely as Korean court orders Nippon Steel to compensate WWII workers
South Korea’s top court ruled on Tuesday Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. should compensate four South Koreans for their forced labor during World War Two, a decision that could freeze ties between the uneasy neighbors.
Japan denounces South Korean court decision as ‘unthinkable’
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said on Tuesday that a South Korean court’s order to a Japanese firm to compensate wartime forced laborers was “unthinkable”, and the ruling overturned the legal basis for bilateral friendship since 1965.
