Parts of Frankfurt Airport evacuated after security breach
Parts of Frankfurt Airport have been evacuated and boarding has been halted in some areas after someone got past security into the boarding areas, federal police said on Tuesday.
As death toll on Indonesia’s Lombok tops 100, thousands wait for aid
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok topped 100 on Tuesday as rescuers found victims under wrecked buildings, while thousands left homeless in the worst-affected areas waited for aid to arrive.
Malaysia’s former PM Najib to be charged under anti-money laundering act: agency
Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, will be charged in court on Wednesday under the anti-money laundering act, the anti-graft agency said in a statement.
New Trump sanctions on Iran take effect despite pleas from allies
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday that firms doing business with Tehran would be barred from the United States, as new U.S. sanctions against Iran took effect in spite of pleas from Washington’s allies.
Israeli strike kills two Hamas militants in Gaza
Israeli tank fire killed two Hamas militants in Gaza on Tuesday in a strike the Israeli military said was launched against a position from which its troops had come under fire.
‘Makes me shake with rage’: Japan probe shows university cut women’s test scores
A Japanese medical school deliberately cut women’s entrance test scores for at least a decade, an investigation panel said on Tuesday, calling it a “very serious” instance of discrimination, but school officials denied having known of the manipulations…
Trump says anyone trading with Iran will not trade with U.S.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the new U.S. sanctions on Iran were “the most biting sanctions ever imposed”.
Zimbabwe court bails opposition members accused of post-election violence
A court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday freed on bail 27 opposition supporters arrested last week on accusations of fomenting violence in the aftermath of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory over Nelson Chamisa.
In England’s forgotten ‘rust belt’, voters show little sign of Brexit regret
To Paul Green, a club steward in northern England’s ‘rust belt’, Britain is so broken that he would vote for Brexit again were he to get another chance.
Israeli strike kills at least two Hamas militants in Gaza
Israeli tank shelling of a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed at least two militants, the group’s armed wing and health officials said.
