U.S. accuses Maduro, Venezuelan party official of drug trade profiteering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the No. 2 official in the country’s ruling party of profiting from illegal narcotics shipments, the first time that Washington has publicly linked Maduro…
After Trump’s withdrawal from nuclear pact, EU energy chief courts Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Europe’s energy chief will seek to reassure Iran’s top ministers on Saturday that the European Union wants to keep trade open despite the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
Muslim leaders call for international protection force for Palestinians
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Muslim leaders called on Friday for an international force to be deployed to protect Palestinians after dozens of protesters were shot dead by Israeli forces on the Gaza border this week.
Saudi Arabia arrests seven for suspected links with foreign entities
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi authorities have arrested seven people for suspicious contacts with foreign entities and offering financial support to enemies overseas, state news agency SPA said on Saturday.
More than 100 killed in passenger plane crash in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba on Friday, with just three seriously injured survivors in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage, officials and state media said.
Eleven dead in second prison riot in week in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Nine prisoners and two guards were killed during a riot in a prison in the western Venezuelan state of Lara, Prisons Minister Iris Varela said on Friday, the country’s second in a week.
After hullabaloo, Greek lawmakers drop Novartis probe against ex ministers
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament has no jurisdiction to investigate the role of ten politicians in alleged bribes by Swiss drugmaker Novartis, lawmakers ruled on Saturday, in a controversy which has further polarized a deeply divided political la…
Eleven killed in fresh prison riot in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Nine prisoners and two guards were killed during a riot in a prison in the western Venezuelan state of Lara, Prisons Minister Iris Varela told reporters on Friday, in the country’s second prison riot within a week.
More than 100 killed in passenger plane crash in Cuba: state TV
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba on Friday, Cuban broadcaster CubaTV reported.
U.S. sanctions No. 2 official in Venezuela’s Socialist party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions against the No. 2 official in Venezuela’s Socialist Party, Diosdado Cabello, his wife and brother, and a businessman with properties in the United States as Washington increases pressure on sen…
