US agency orders Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 bn for shoddy banking practices
US officials announced Tuesday a $3.7 billion settlement with Wells Fargo over an array of "illegal activity" that burdened customers with wrongful home foreclosures and other problems.
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East DR Congo rebel crisis threatens endangered mountain gorillas
M23 rebel activity in volatile eastern DR Congo is threatening mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park and leaving the endangered species vulnerable to poachers, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Russians conflicted on Ukraine winter offensive, US says
The Russian leadership has conflicting views on whether to launch a winter offensive in Ukraine, which has warned of a new attempt to seize Kyiv, a senior US official said Tuesday.
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FIA bans 'political statements' from motor sports competitors
Motor sports' governing body, the FIA, has cracked down on competitors making "political, religious and personal statements or comments" in its updated rules for next season.
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Federation slams 'hateful' racist abuse of French footballers
Several members of the France team that lost to Argentina in the World Cup final were subjected to "hateful" racist abuse on social media, the French Football Federation (FFF) said on Tuesday, adding it intended to file a legal complaint.
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German court convicts 97-year-old in one of last Holocaust trials
A court on Tuesday convicted a 97-year-old former Nazi camp secretary of complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people in what could be Germany's last Holocaust trial.
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Six dead as Thai navy continues search for missing sailors
Six bodies have been found and one survivor was rescued Tuesday, after the sinking of a naval vessel two days ago in the Gulf of Thailand, the Thai navy said.
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Norway queen says King Harald 'very well' in hospital
Norway's Queen Sonja on Tuesday said King Harald V was doing "very, very well", a day after her 85-year-old husband was admitted to hospital following an infection.
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Euphoric Argentines ready to party with Messi, World Cup winners
Thousands of Argentines began massing in the capital from dawn on Tuesday preparing to shower their World Cup heroes led by Lionel Messi with adulation.
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Let Iraq choose own path, Macron tells Middle East summit
French President Emmanuel Macron called for Iraq to be allowed to choose a path not dictated by foreign powers, in an address Tuesday to a summit aimed at helping to resolve Middle East crises.
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