Trump slaps sanctions on Venezuela; Maduro sees effort to force default
CARACAS/WASHINGTON/ (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits dealings in new debt from the Venezuelan government or its state oil company on Friday in an effort to halt financing that the White House said fuels P…
U.S.-backed forces to attack Syria’s Deir al-Zor soon: SDF official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed forces in Syria will soon launch an offensive to oust Islamic State militants from Deir al-Zor province, their last major foothold in the country, an SDF official said on Friday.
Slovak government leaders strike new coalition deal to defuse crisis
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak government leaders agreed on Friday to amend a coalition agreement to lure back a junior party which withdrew its support for the alliance three weeks ago, provoking a political crisis.
Shot and dumped by a pigsty: a schoolboy killed in Philippines drugs war
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine teenager Kian Loyd delos Santos told friends he dreamed of becoming a policeman after graduating from high school.
North Korea steps up work on parts for new reactor, IAEA says
VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea has increased its efforts to produce parts for a new nuclear reactor it is building while continuing to operate the main existing one that provides fuel for its atom bombs, the U.N. nuclear watchdog has said in an annual …
Iraqi forces say they have broken through Islamic State lines in Tal Afar
TAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces broke through Islamic State’s lines inside Tal Afar on Friday, reaching the old city center and the neighborhood around the Ottoman-era citadel, according to a military statement.
Exclusive: Indonesian militants planned ‘dirty bomb’ attack – sources
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian militants planned to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb, security sources said, highlighting the rising ambitions of extremists to wreak destruction in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.
Indian protests after ‘godman’ convicted of rape kill 29
PANCHKULA, India (Reuters) – Violent protests erupted in India’s Haryana state on Friday, killing at least 29 people, after a court convicted a self-styled “godman” of raping two women, angering thousands of his supporters who said he was innocent, the…
Mongolian leader urged to resign after party’s loss in presidential vote
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Some legislators in Mongolia have urged Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat to step down following the defeat of his ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) in recent presidential elections.
U.S. fighter pilots in Afghanistan prepare for more air strikes
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – For the fighter pilots at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump’s new strategy for the war should mean escalating an already surging air campaign, and possibly including an unrest…
