Germany hands back looted artefacts to Nigeria
ABUJA - Germany handed back more than 20 looted artefacts to Nigeria on Tuesday, saying it was to "right a wrong" more than 100 years after they were stolen by British colonial troops.

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Turkey fumes at Sweden in NATO membership dispute
ISTANBUL - Turkey on Tuesday lashed out at Sweden's refusal to extradite a top reporter that Ankara has demanded in exchange for its ratification of Stockholm's NATO membership bid.

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Princess Diana's former butler paid damages over phone hacking
LONDON - Princess Diana's former butler was on Tuesday given a public apology and paid substantial damages by the publisher of the Daily Mirror newspaper over phone hacking and the "repeated invasion of his privacy".

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Ukraine's Zelensky visits frontline city of Bakhmut
KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday visited the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, now the epicentre of fighting in Russia's nearly 10-month invasion of Ukraine.

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All 33 hostage takers killed in Pakistan siege
All 33 suspected militant prisoners who took hostages after seizing control of a Pakistan police station were killed in a clearance operation on Tuesday in which two special forces troops also died, the defence minister said.

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Putin says situation in annexed regions 'extremely difficult'
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the situation in four territories of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed but does not control militarily was "extremely difficult".

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