Trump says ceasefire in northeastern Syria holding well
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the ceasefire in northeastern Syria where Turkey has sent in troops to clear the area of Syrian Kurdish militia forces has held very nicely.
Racially and ethnically motivated terrorism rose alarmingly in 2018: U.S. State Department
Ethnically and racially driven terrorism rose alarmingly in 2018 both worldwide and in the United States, and groups have often mimicked the tactics of armed Islamist militants to radicalize and recruit people, the U.S. State Department said on Friday….
Second man charged over UK truck deaths, victims now thought to be Vietnamese
A second man was charged with manslaughter over the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a truck near London, British police said on Friday, as they confirmed they now believe all the victims were Vietnamese.
Mexico says U.S. fentanyl crackdown led to botched arrest of El Chapo’s son
Mexico’s security minister said on Friday that U.S. efforts to curb the opioid fentanyl were behind the brief arrest of a son of imprisoned kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman last month in Sinaloa, home turf for the notorious Sinaloa Cartel.
UK police say they believe all truck death victims were Vietnamese
British police said on Friday they now believe all 39 people found dead in the back of a truck in Essex near London last week were Vietnamese.
U.S. judge orders State Department to release more Ukraine records
A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the State Department to make public certain “readouts or summaries” of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of a congressional impeachment investigation.
‘Deja vu’: Argentina braced for new round of debt talks with markets stalled
Argentine markets held steady on Friday morning at the end of the first business week since voters chose a new left-wing government, as investors watched for signs about future economic policy and plans for crunch debt talks with creditors.
Honduras joins El Salvador in obtaining protected status extension in U.S
The U.S. government has extended temporary protection for Hondurans living in the United States by a year, Honduran officials said on Friday, following a similar extension for Salvadorans in a rollback of U.S. plans to end the program.
Farage’s Brexit Party to fight every seat in poll battle with PM Johnson
Hardline Brexit advocate Nigel Farage opened his UK election campaign on Friday by telling Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson that his Brexit Party will contest every seat unless Johnson drops his EU divorce deal and agrees an election pact.
Mali says at least 15 soldiers killed in militant attack
Fifteen Malian soldiers were killed in a militant attack on a military position in northern Mali on Friday, a spokesman for the army said, cautioning that the death toll was provisional.
