Chilean judge takes second stab at resolving murder of ex-president
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A Chilean judge formally accused six people on Friday of assassinating a former president during the country’s 1973 to 1990 dictatorship, marking the second time in a decade he has moved to resolve the enduring murder case.
Canada minister spoke to North Korean counterpart ahead of pastor’s release
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said she spoke briefly with her North Korean counterpart at a meeting in Manila on Sunday, days before Pyongyang released Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim from a prison where he was serving a …
World’s oldest man, Holocaust survivor, dies in Israel aged 113
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Holocaust survivor Israel Kristal, who last year was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living man, died in Israel on Friday, aged 113, local news media reports said.
Peru’s president urges Venezuela’s Maduro to step down
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Friday urged Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro to step down, calling him a “dictator”, and rejected the socialist leader’s call for the two to meet face-to-face along with other presidents…
Peru expels Venezuelan ambassador to protest constituent assembly
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru said on Friday it was expelling Venezuela’s ambassador to Peru to protest the country’s recent formation of an all-powerful constituent assembly that has been widely condemned as a power grab by socialist President Nicolas Maduro….
Explosion hits rebels on Syria-Jordan border: monitor, activist
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An explosion hit a rebel gathering near the Syria-Jordan border on Friday, killing at least 23 fighters and wounding dozens more, a war monitor and an activist said.
U.S. military denies air strike killed Afghan civilians
KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. military denied reports on Friday that an air strike in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar had killed as many as 16 civilians, saying the operation had killed only militant fighters.
Brazil president weakened by graft charge, losing fiscal battle
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer has burned through political capital fighting corruption charges and is struggling to push forward his economic agenda meant to rein in a gaping budget deficit.
Trump says was being ‘sarcastic’ in thanking Putin for embassy staff cuts
BEDMINSTER, NJ (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he was being sarcastic when he thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for saving the United States money by ordering cuts in U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia.
U.N. signals not responsible for controlling Yemen’s main airport
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations signaled on Friday it was not responsible for controlling Yemen’s main airport, dismissing a call by a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition for the world body do so.
