Iranian oil tanker hit off Saudi coast, may have been missiles: Iranian media reports
An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck, probably by missiles, in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia’s coast on Friday, Iranian media said, an incident that if confirmed will stoke tension in a region rattled by attacks on tankers and oil sites since May.
Explainer: What’s behind Haiti’s deadly protests, and possible outcomes
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has been rocked by violent protests in the last month that have led schools, public offices and businesses to close and forced non-governmental organizations to suspend aid distribution.
U.S. judge blocks Trump rule limiting green cards for poor immigrants
A U.S. federal judge in New York on Friday temporarily blocked a Trump administration rule that would deny permanent residency to certain aspiring immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance, calling it “repugnant to the American Dream.”
Rubio, Cruz ask Trump to keep Citgo in Venezuela opposition’s hands
U.S. lawmakers including Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz wrote a letter to President Donald Trump this week requesting that he take executive action to prevent holders of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA’s bonds from seizing U.S. refiner Citgo.
Russia jails U.S.-Israeli on drug charges despite Netanyahu plea
A Russian court sentenced a U.S.-Israeli woman to seven and a half years in jail for drug offences on Friday, a ruling Israel condemned as disproportionate and which her family said Moscow had linked to the fate of a Russian citizen detained in Israel….
Iran releases widow of Iranian-Canadian who died in jail: Ottawa
Iran has released the wife of an Iranian-Canadian environmental activist who died in a Tehran prison after it barred her from leaving the country for 18 months, her family and Canadian officials said on Friday.
As new Syrian exodus unfolds, some fear they will never go home
(This October 11 story has been refiled to add dropped “he” in paragraph one)
U.S. military says not abandoning Kurds, condemns Turkish offensive
The Pentagon strongly denied on Friday accusations that it had abandoned its Syrian Kurdish allies to a Turkish military onslaught, which it said was destabilizing the region and doing “dramatic harm” to U.S.-Turkey relations.
EU’s Tusk says more tangible hopes for Brexit deal now than before
European Council head Donald Tusk said on Friday he felt slightly more hopeful the European Union and Britain will achieve a deal on the latter’s withdrawal from the bloc following months of deadlock.
Ex-envoy tells impeachment inquiry Trump ousted her based on ‘false claims’
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that Trump ousted her based on “unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack by his personal lawyer Rudy Giul…
