Turkey preparing aid inside Syria to help Idlib displaced
Turkey’s Red Crescent is stepping up preparations inside Syria to shelter people displaced by an expected military offensive against the rebel-held region of Idlib, the organization’s head said on Tuesday.
Brazil Workers Party VP candidate Haddad charged with corruption
Sao Paulo state prosecutors in Brazil said on Tuesday the have charged the Workers Party (PT) vice presidential candidate Fernando Haddad with corruption.
Scotland to pay immigration status fees for resident EU citizens
Scotland’s devolved government will cover the cost of immigration status fees for European Union citizens working in the Scottish public sector after Brexit, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.
Hundreds of African migrants flee detention center in Tripoli chaos – aid official
Hundreds of African migrants escaped from a detention center in Tripoli on Tuesday as fighting between rival groups raged nearby, an aid official said, though the Libyan government department set up to combat illegal migration denied the report.
Al Qaeda trying to regain primacy as Islamic State loses ground: NATO
Al Qaeda is trying to regain its primacy over international militancy as Islamic State loses ground, a senior NATO official said on Tuesday, seeing a potentially increased risk to the West from the groups’ rivalry.
Wives of Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar call for their release
The wives of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar jailed for seven years on official secrets charges insisted on Tuesday that the men were innocent and called for them to be released and reunited with their young families as soon as possible.
South Korea’s Moon, Trump to discuss North Korea at U.N. this month: Blue House
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump hope to discuss North Korea on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York this month, Moon’s office said on Tuesday, amid lackluster progress on the North’s nuclear issues….
Spain confirms it has halted sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia
Spain has halted the sale of a shipment of bombs to Saudi Arabia amid concerns about their use in the conflict in Yemen, the Spanish Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
Hundreds of migrants flee detention center in Tripoli chaos -aid worker
Hundreds of migrants have fled a detention center in Libya’s capital Tripoli as fighting rages nearby, an aid worker said on Tuesday, confirming what a video posted on social media showed.
Turkish, U.S. foreign ministers hold phone call – Turkish diplomatic source
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke by phone with his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo on Tuesday at the request of the U.S. side, a Turkish diplomatic source said, amid a bitter row between the two NATO allies.
