German prosecutor-turned-activist vows to fight finance lobby influence
FRANKFURT – A top German prosecutor who led a years-long effort to crack down on a giant tax fraud vowed on Tuesday in her new role as an activist that…
Baltic countries to leave joint power grid with Russia and Belarus
VILNIUS – The power grid operators of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have signed an agreement to decouple from the Soviet-era joint BRELL power grid with Russia and Belarus in February…
Freak bus accident in Spain’s Catalonia injures dozens
MADRID – A bus carrying Inditex workers crashed on Tuesday and got stuck at the exit of a tunnel in an almost vertical position in Pineda de Mar, 75 miles…
Oman authorities name capsized oil tanker off industrial port as Prestige Falcon
DUBAI – Oman’s maritime security center told Reuters on Tuesday the Prestige Falcon, a Comoros-flagged oil tanker, had capsized off the major industrial port of Duqm. Read More
French left fights over PM role, with current government set to resign
PARIS – France’s left-wing parties fought bitterly on Tuesday over who to put forward as prime minister, leading Communist party leader Fabien Roussel to warn they were risking a “shipwreck”…
UK to boost armed forces given threat from ‘deadly quartet’
LONDON – Britain said it would boost its “hollowed out” armed forces to make sure the country was prepared to face what the head of a defence review called a…
US tells top Israeli officials Gaza civilian toll ‘unacceptably high’
The Israeli military has launched several deadly attacks in recent days. Read More
Several tornadoes reported in Illinois as storm moves to Indiana
A line of ‘destructive thunderstorms’ moved through north-eastern Illinois, including Chicago. Read More
Four killed, several wounded by gunfire near mosque in Oman, police say
CAIRO – Four people were killed and several wounded by gunfire in the vicinity of a mosque in Oman, the Omani police said on Tuesday, a rare breach of security…
Secret Service faces questions about leaving building out of Trump rally security zone
The first question is why a building, about 137m from the stage, was outside the security perimeter. Read More