North Korea to transfer remains of U.S. soldiers from Korean War on Friday: Yonhap
North Korea will transfer the remains of an unspecified number of soldiers killed in the Korean War on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, after accepting about 100 wooden caskets sent by the United States.
Venezuela’s Maduro grants oil bloc to central bank to boost reserves
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday announced that he was granting an oil concession bloc in the vast Orinoco heavy crude belt to the nation’s central bank as a way of boosting its international reserves.
Japan executes six more cult members of deadly sarin attack: NHK
Japan executed six more members of the doomsday cult group Aum Shinrikyo on Thursday that perpetrated the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, public broadcaster NHK said.
Nigeria grazing violence kills many more than Boko Haram, poses serious stability threat: think-tank
Violence in Nigeria between semi-nomadic cattle herders and settled farmers has killed around six times more people than deaths related to the Boko Haram insurgency in the first half of 2018, and poses a major threat to the country’s stability, the Int…
Venezuela to remove five zeroes from ailing currency
Venezuela will remove five zeroes from the bolivar currency rather than the three zeroes originally planned, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday, in an effort to keep up with inflation projected to reach 1 million percent this year.
Pakistan election results delayed as Khan leads, opponents cry foul
Pakistani authorities said on Thursday full results of a general election would be delayed as cricket hero-turned-politician Imran Khan led in a partial count that opponents said was rigged.
Trump team preparing economic plan as part of Mideast peace proposal: official
A long-awaited Middle East peace plan from the Trump administration will include what the White House is calling a robust economic plan to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an official has said.
Under fire in Congress, Pompeo defends Trump’s Putin summit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday vigorously defended President Donald Trump’s foreign policy actions as senators from both parties denounced Trump’s behavior, particularly at his recent summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Senior German conservative chides party for bickering
The general secretary of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives called on Thursday for an end to internal party divisions that have stressed her Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Opposition parties blast Merkel over meeting with Russian officials
German opposition parties have criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for not providing more detail of her discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the head of Russia’s military general staff Valery Gerasimov.
