Flaws seen in Trump’s calm response to North Korean missile launches
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday played down North Korea’s latest launch of short-range ballistic missiles, calling them “very standard,” a response some analysts said exposed flaws in his approach to Pyongyang and ignored the threat posed to alli…
Bombing halts pumping on Colombia’s Transandino pipeline
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said on Friday it halted pumping on the Transandino pipeline after a bombing in southwestern Narino province.
Thousands of Colombians march to protest activist killings
Thousands marched in cities around Colombia on Friday in protest of the murder of hundreds of human rights activists, a spat of deadly violence which the country has been unable to quell in spite of a 2016 peace deal with Marxist rebels.
Romanian police chief fired over slow response; 15-year-old girl dies
Romania’s police chief and two county officials were fired late on Friday after authorities took 19 hours to respond to emergency calls from a kidnapped 15-year-old girl who died at the hands of her captor in the interim.
U.S. student confesses to killing Italian policeman: media
A 19-year-old U.S. student has confessed to killing a policeman in central Rome, in a crime that has shaken Italy, national news agency ANSA reported on Friday.
Guatemala document says U.S. migration deal to last two years
A migration agreement signed between the United States and Guatemala on Friday will last for two years and its implementation will be reviewed every three months, the Guatemalan government said.
Saudi-led forces, Israel among states rapped by U.N. for killing children
A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen killed or injured 729 children during 2018, accounting for nearly half the total child casualties, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report to the Security Council on Fri…
Trump, in phone call, congratulates Johnson on becoming British PM
U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming British prime minister in a phone call on Friday and said work had already begun on a U.S.-British free trade agreement.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian at Gaza border protest: medics
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian on Friday afternoon during weekly protests along the border with Israel, Gaza health officials said.
Guatemala avoids Trump threat of sanctions with new migration deal
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he agreed to drop the threat of economic sanctions against Guatemala after the country said it would implement new asylum measures for migrants fleeing Honduras and El Salvador.
