Philippines’ Duterte says he does not have cancer
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he did not have cancer, following a biopsy last week at a private hospital that proved negative for the disease.
France asks Google to pull photos after helicopter jailbreak
France has asked Google to remove photos of prisons from the internet, including one from which a notorious criminal known as “the jailbreak king” escaped by helicopter this year.
Saudi consulate in Istanbul will be searched: Turkish foreign ministry
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the investigation into Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a week ago, is “continuing intensively”.
Iran is new transit point for Somali charcoal in illicit trade taxed by militants: U.N. report
Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters.
UK Brexit minister Raab to make statement in parliament on EU talks: Labour
British Brexit minister Dominic Raab British will make a statement on negotiations to leave the European Union in parliament on Tuesday, the opposition Labour Party said.
Saudi ambassador back in Berlin a year after leaving over Lebanon comments
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Germany has returned to Berlin, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Tuesday, almost a year he left over comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel about the political crisis in Lebanon.
U.N. urges Turkey, Saudi Arabia to investigate journalist disappearance
The United Nations human rights office voiced deep concern on Tuesday at the “apparent enforced disappearance” and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi a week ago and urged the two countries to investigate.
Indonesians intensify search for disaster victims to beat deadline
Rescue workers in Indonesia stepped up their search for victims of an earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, hoping to find as many bodies as they can before this week’s deadline for their work to end.
Turkey detains 90 over alleged links to Kurdish militants
Turkish police detained 90 people on Tuesday over suspected links to outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels, the government said, and the main pro-Kurdish party decried the arrests as a politically motivated crackdown.
Brexit deal possible in weeks, says Northern Irish party that props up May
A Brexit deal is “eminently possible” within weeks but there can be no regulatory barriers within the United Kingdom, the head of the Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday.
