Renzo Piano offers new bridge design for hometown Genoa after tragedy
Italy’s best-known architect, Renzo Piano, offered on Tuesday to donate the design for a bridge to replace the one that collapsed in his birthplace of Genoa this month, saying he cannot think about anything else after 43 people were killed in the trage…
U.S. to join U.N.-led talks in Geneva on Syria: official
The United States will join UN-led talks in Geneva next month to discuss negotiations on a new Syrian constitution, a State Department official said on Tuesday.
Iraq sending team to U.S. to seek deal on transactions with Iran
Iraq will send a delegation to the United States seeking an agreement on financial transactions with Iran following Washington’s reimposition of sanctions on Tehran, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday.
South Africa withdraws land expropriation bill passed in 2016
South Africa’s parliament withdrew an expropriation bill it passed in 2016 that allowed the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities in ownership, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday.
U.S. has no plans to suspend more military exercises with South Korea: Mattis
The United States has no plans to suspend more military exercises with South Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday, saying it had halted some major exercises as a good-faith gesture for talks with North Korea while others had continued.
Turkish purchase of Russian anti-missile system concerns U.S. – Mattis
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Tuesday the United States was concerned about Turkey’s purchase of a Russian missile defense system that cannot be integrated into NATO.
Iraqi miniature shipbuilder celebrates Basra’s naval heritage
Iraqi Ahmed Dhafir hopes the miniature wooden ships he spends up to 40 days creating will recall the southern Iraqi city of Basra’s proud naval heritage and heyday as the “Venice of the Middle East.”
U.S. says air strike kills Islamic State militant in Libya
A U.S. air strike killed a suspected Islamic State militant in Libya on Tuesday, the U.S. Africa Command said.
Kenya’s deputy chief justice arrested for suspected corruption: police, prosecutor
Kenya’s deputy chief justice Philomena Mwilu was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, failure to pay tax, and improper dealings with a local bank now in receivership, the police and the country’s top prosecutor said.
Mattis rebuffs idea of privatizing forces in Afghanistan
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday rebuffed a proposal to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan and replace them with private security forces.
