Venezuela, Colombia to set new exchange rate to boost trade
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Venezuela and Colombia have agreed to create a special exchange rate to boost plummeting bilateral trade between the two Andean countries, their presidents said.
Major Libyan fuel depot ablaze after rocket strike
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Fire tore through Tripoli’s main fuel depot on Saturday after rockets fired by one of Libya’s militias struck and ignited a tank, the National Oil company (NOC) said.
African leaders agree steps to fight runaway Ebola outbreak
CONAKRY (Reuters) – West African leaders agreed on Friday to take stronger measures to try to bring the worst outbreak of Ebola under control and prevent it spreading outside the region, including steps to isolate rural communities ravaged by the disea…
Russia voices concern over violence in Nagorno-Karabakh
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia expressed concern on Saturday over a flare-up of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway enclave of Azerbaijan with a majority Armenian population, and said any escalation would be unacceptable.
Officer arrested in Paris police headquarters cocaine robbery
PARIS (Reuters) – French police arrested an officer on Saturday whom they suspect of stealing some 52 kg (115 pounds) of cocaine, worth around 2 million euros ($2.69 million), from a locked room inside central police headquarters in Paris.
Britain to pull embassy staff out of Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Britain will close its embassy in Tripoli from Aug. 4, evacuating diplomatic staff to Tunisia, after fighting between rival armed factions spread in the Libyan capital, officials said.
Bible left in North Korean sailor’s club triggered U.S. tourist’s arrest
SEOUL (Reuters) – American tourist Jeffrey Fowle was arrested by North Korean authorities for leaving a bible under a bin in the toilet at a club for foreign sailors, a source familiar with Fowle’s case told Reuters.
Australia sends 157 asylum seekers to Nauru detention center
PERTH (Reuters) – Australia has sent 157 migrants, thought to be Sri Lankan asylum seekers, to a detention center on the Pacific island of Nauru after they declined an offer to speak with Indian officials about their refugee claims, the government said…
Sudanese woman who had faced execution for conversion arrives in U.S.
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity, then detained after her conviction was quashed, arrived in the United States on Thursday.
Mexico rescues 70 kidnapped Central American migrants
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces rescued 70 Central American migrants, including children, who were being held captive in a house in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, authorities said on Friday.
