Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia: EMSC
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
At least 75 inmates escape from Paraguayan prison near Brazil border
At least 75 inmates, including members of Brazil’s most powerful gang, escaped from a Paraguayan prison on Sunday after digging a tunnel in an operation that prison officials were believed to have been aware of, Paraguay’s government said.
Lebanon security forces fire water cannons at stone-throwing protesters
Lebanese security forces fired water cannons at stone-throwing protesters on Sunday in a second night of violence in Beirut, which has been rocked by some of the worst unrest since demonstrations against the ruling elite began in October.
No normalization in relations yet, UK PM Johnson tells Russia’s Putin
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday there would be no normalization of the two countries’ relations until Moscow ends its “destabilizing activity” that threatens security.
Police fire water cannons as Beirut protests turn violent
Lebanese security forces fired water cannons on Sunday at demonstrators who had been hurling projectiles at them near parliament in central Beirut, live television footage showed.
Honduras vows to fight corruption after ending anti-graft body’s mandate
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Sunday he was committed to battling corruption after his government ended the mandate of an anti-graft mission in the country backed by the Organization of American States (OAS).
Libyan commander’s forces choke oil flows, overshadowing peace summit
Forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar have shut off production at all Libya’s major oil fields, an escalation that threatened to strangle the country’s finances and overshadowed an international peace summit in Berlin on Sunday.
U.S. official accuses ex-leader Morales of fostering violence in Bolivia
Former Bolivian leader Evo Morales is fostering instability and violence from inside Argentina and the United States had warned the South American nation that he would be a “headache,” a senior U.S. official said in an interview published on Sunday by …
Yemen’s president tells army to be on alert after camp attack kills 79
Yemen’s president told the military on Sunday it needed to be on alert and ready for battle after an attack a day earlier by Iran-aligned Houthis on a military training camp in the city of Marib that forces loyal to the president said killed 79 people….
Venezuela’s Guaido to meet with Pompeo in Colombia on Monday: sources
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido will meet on Monday in Bogota with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a regional counter-terrorism conference, according to two people close to Guaido.
