Turkey will attack Kurdish fighters who remain near border
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s foreign minister said Monday that his country’s military will attack any Syrian Kurdish fighter that remains along the border area in northeast Syria after a deadline for them to leave expires.
Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters that Russian and Syrian officials provided information that some Kurdish fighters had pulled out of the border area, but others still had not.
Northern Ireland’s DUP will not vote for early election
Reuters, London
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, which is allied to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives, will not back the government’s call on Monday for an early election, the party’s Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson said.
North Korea rejects meeting with South over resort
AP, Seoul
North Korea on Tuesday rejected South Korea’s request for working-level talks to discuss the possible demolition of South Korean-made hotels and other facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants removed.
In letters addressed to Seoul’s Unification Ministry and South Korea’s Hyundai business group, North Korea said face-to-face meetings would be unnecessary and repeated its stance that details should be worked out through document exchanges, the ministry said.
Indian boy dies after three days stuck in well
AFP, New Delhi
The body of a two-year old boy trapped 26-metres (85-feet) down a well in southern India for more than three days was recovered on Tuesday, authorities said.
Sujith Wilson was the second toddler in four months to grab nationwide attention after falling into the 30-centimetre (one-foot) diameter pipe while playing near his home in Tiruchirappalli district.
