Pre-monsoon rain leaves 48 dead in India
Pre-monsoon thunderstorms and lightning strikes have killed 48 people since Monday in northern India. Source: Latest CNN News
Gaza militants launch barrages across border, Israel hits back with air strikes
GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER (Reuters) - Palestinian militants launched on Tuesday their heaviest barrages against Israel since the 2014 Gaza war and Israeli aircraft struck back in a surge of fighting after weeks of border violence. Source: Reuters World News
Brazil's Temer says no threat of coup amid truckers protest
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Tuesday that there is no chance that a nationwide truckers' protest that has paralyzed Latin America's biggest economy will spark a military coup that would topple his government, despite some calls from Brazil's fringes to do just that. Source: Reuters World News
Austria plans overhaul of intelligence agency
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria announced plans on Tuesday to overhaul its main domestic intelligence agency after a controversy in which the far-right interior minister was accused by political opponents of trying to purge its ranks. Source: Reuters World News
Syrian army ready for southern battle, pro-Assad commander says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army has completed preparations for an imminent offensive against rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria, a non-Syrian commander in a military alliance that backs Damascus said on Tuesday, raising the prospect of a major new escalation. Source: Reuters World News
Storms kill at least 47 as India temperatures mount
Fierce storms which swept across northern India have killed at least 47, taking the death toll from freak weather over the past month to several hundred, officials said Tuesday. The storms and lightning strikes toppled walls and power pylons or electrocuted victims, as temperatures in India rose as high as 48.6 Celsius (119.5 Fahrenheit). Disaster [...]
Trump says, without proof, that Mueller team will meddle in midterm elections
President Donald Trump alleged Tuesday — without providing any evidence — that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation will meddle in the midterm elections to benefit Democrats. Source: Latest CNN News
'Terrorist' attacker kills three in Liege, gunman dead
LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) - A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gunbattle at a school in what prosecutors are treating as a terrorist attack. Source: Reuters World News
At least 10 beheaded in Mozambique attack: state radio
MAPUTO (Reuters) - At least 10 people were beheaded in an attack in northern Mozambique over the weekend in an area where previous Islamist attacks have been reported, state Radio Mocambique said on Tuesday. Source: Reuters World News
Iran willing to push for ceasefire in Yemen talks with European powers
ANKARA/PARIS (Reuters) - Iran and European powers have made good progress in talks to end the conflict in Yemen as Tehran has shown itself willing to push for a ceasefire and ease the humanitarian crisis there, according to officials on both sides. Source: Reuters World News