United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly appeals” for violence to be avoided in Venezuela, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday after the first bloodshed linked to efforts to bring aid into the country against the orders of embattled President Nicolas Maduro. “Any loss of life is regrettable,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. “Looking ahead […]
Venezuelan military kills woman near Brazil border over international aid, mayor says
Venezuelan soldiers shot and killed a woman Friday in a standoff with a local indigenous community over international aid entering the country from Brazil, according to a local mayor. Emilio Gonzalez, mayor of the Venezuelan town of Gran Sabana, near the Venezuela-Brazil border, said the military opened fire on an indigenous group trying to facilitate […]
Netanyahu’s main challengers form centrist alliance ahead of Israeli election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest challengers in Israel’s April 9 general election joined forces on Thursday, marking a dramatic turn in a race his right-wing Likud party had been predicted to win easily. Benny Gantz, a respected former military chief of staff, and centrist politician Yair Lapid said in statements they would form a joint […]
Another possible Trade war: Trump threatens tariffs on EU if no trade deal reached
US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to impose tariffs on European auto imports if he is unable to strike a trade deal with the EU. “We’re negotiating. If we don’t make the deal, we’ll do the tariffs,” Trump told reporters in response to a question on new tariffs. Trump’s renewed threat against the EU auto […]
Alabama Woman who joined ISIS can’t return home, U.S. says
President Trump said Wednesday the United States would not re-admit an American-born woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State and now wants to come home. The woman, Hoda Muthana, does not qualify for citizenship and has no legal basis to return to the country, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. In 2014, […]
Shamima Begum, the teenager who joined ISIS in Syria to lose UK citizenship
Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has had her British citizenship revoked, according to a letter sent to her family published by ITV News on Tuesday. Begum, who gave birth to a son at the weekend, was discovered in a refugee camp in […]
Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela
The Venezuela military is blocking humanitarian aid from getting into the country, where political and economic crisis rage on. The U.S.-backed interim president has vowed to open those aid routes. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The political crisis in Venezuela is also a humanitarian one. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED DOCTORS: (Chanting in Spanish). MARTIN: That’s the […]
Trump mideast peace plan to be unveiled after Israel vote, report
US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians could be announced right after national elections scheduled on April 9 in Israel. However, the president’s special envoy, Jared Kushner, is expected to announce some of its details at an upcoming conference on the Middle East scheduled on February 13-14 in Warsaw. […]
China warns state firms to avoid travel to U.S.: Bloomberg
China has asked some of the country’s state-run companies to avoid business trips to the United States and its allies, and to take extra care to protect their devices if they need to travel, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), which oversees about 100 government-run companies, has told some […]
Coal mine collapse in China’s Shaanxi kills 21: People’s Daily
A coal mine roof collapse in northwest China’s Shaanxi province killed 21 miners on Saturday, the state-run People’s Daily reported on Sunday. The accident is the deadliest reported so far this year in China’s coal industry, known for its poor safety record. It occurred at Baiji Mining Co Ltd’s Lijiagou mine in the city of […]