Venezuela arrests former oil bosses in deepening graft purge
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities said on Thursday they detained two once-powerful officials who had run the oil ministry and state energy company PDVSA as part of a deepening anti-corruption purge also seen as a power play by leftist Presiden…
Turkish gold trader says he discussed Iran scheme with Indian company
(Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader on Thursday told jurors in a federal court in Manhattan that he met with representatives of an Indian company in 2012 to discuss moving Iranian funds out of India, a new development in a case that has so far ce…
China pushing billions into Iranian economy as Western firms stall
ROME/ANKARA (Reuters) – China is financing billions of dollars worth of Chinese-led projects in Iran, making deep inroads into the economy while European competitors struggle to find banks willing to fund their ambitions, Iranian government and industr…
Trump renews barb at North Korean leader; Russia accuses U.S. of provocation
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his insults against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday and also dismissed a Chinese diplomatic effort as having failed to rein in Pyongyang’s weapons program, as Russia accused …
Venezuela seizes former oil bosses in graft purge -sources
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have detained two once-powerful officials who had both run the oil ministry and state oil company PDVSA as a part of a deepening anti-corruption purge, three people familiar with the situation said on Thursday…
Washington ‘deeply concerned’ about Bolivia reelection ruling
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia on Thursday brushed off criticism from the United States about this week’s Constitutional Court decision allowing socialist President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term in 2019.
Pope urges decisive measures for Myanmar refugees, avoids ‘Rohingya’
DHAKA (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on Thursday for decisive measures to resolve the political reasons that caused mostly Muslim refugees in Myanmar to flee to Bangladesh and urged countries to help the Dhaka government deal with the crisis.
Israeli settler kills Palestinian in West Bank in what army calls response to rock-throwing
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli settler shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, in what the Israeli army said was a response to an attack by Palestinians throwing rocks, which Palestinians denied.
Trump angers UK with truculent tweet to May after sharing far-right videos
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump sparked outrage in Britain on Thursday with a sharp rebuke of Prime Minister Theresa May on Twitter after she criticized him for retweeting British far-right anti-Islam videos.
Ireland says it needs significantly more clarity from UK on Brexit border
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland will need “significantly more clarity” from the British government on the future of the Northern Ireland border before it will allow Brexit talks to move onto the next phase, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Thursday.
