Venezuela’s Guaido returns home on Tuesday afternoon after international tour
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido returned to his country on Tuesday after traveling to North America and Europe, capping a three-week tour in which he was widely celebrated by foreign leaders.
U.S. evacuees freed from coronavirus quarantine, officials fear discrimination
Nearly 200 people evacuated from the China coronavirus outbreak were released from quarantine in California on Tuesday with officials urging Americans not to shun them, or workers who helped them, after both groups faced discrimination.
Venezuela man charged with sexual slavery after holding woman captive for 31 years
Venezuelan prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a man on charges that he sexually enslaved a woman whom he held captive for 31 years in an apartment building, a case that has shocked residents of the city of Maracay near the capital of Caracas.
U.S. says talks with Taliban continue over specifics of reduction of violence
Talks between the United States and the Taliban in Doha continue over the specifics of a reduction in violence, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday, hours after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani he had a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State …
Philippines Duterte terminates troop pact in blow to U.S.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced the termination of a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States (VFA), delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to U.S. interests.
Venezuela’s Guaido says he has arrived in his country following international tour
Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday wrote on Twitter that he has arrived in his country after traveling in North America and Europe.
Euthanasia bill moves ahead in Spanish parliament
A bill to allow euthanasia and assisted suicide in certain cases cleared its first hurdle in the Spanish parliament on Tuesday, in a win for Spain’s new left-wing government that will reignite a bitter debate on the issue.
In reversal, Justice Department to seek shorter sentence for Trump adviser Stone
In a dramatic reversal that could benefit a long-time adviser to President Donald Trump, the Justice Department will seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative Roger Stone, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, after Trump chastised pro…
Brazil prosecutors seek to remove ex-missionary from indigenous post
Federal prosecutors sought on Tuesday to reverse a controversial decision by Brazil’s right-wing government to appoint a former evangelical missionary to protect isolated and recently contacted indigenous tribes in the Amazon.
UAE’s Gargash says we support calls for de-escalation with Iran: Arabiya TV
United Arab Emirate’s minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Tuesday his country supports calls for de-escalation with Iran and to reach a political solution, Al Arabiya TV reported.
