Venezuela’s Maduro says authorities foiled opposition coup plot
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday security forces had foiled an opposition coup attempt that included plans to assassinate him and other top political figures and install a jailed former military officer as president.
Libya’s Haftar loses main base in Tripoli in surprise blow
Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government on Wednesday seized the town of Gharyan south of Tripoli, home to the main supply base of eastern forces attacking the capital, witnesses and Tripoli officials said.
Photo of drowned migrants triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown
A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday of a U.S. political debate over President Donald Trump’s asylum policies.
Boris Johnson says chances of no-deal Brexit are ‘a million-to-one’
Boris Johnson, the favorite to become British prime minister, said the chances of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal are “a million-to-one” even as he repeated his promise to leave the bloc without a deal by the end of October.
Canadian businesses have a message ahead of the election: We need immigrant workers
Canadian unemployment is at an all-time low and businesses have a message for politicians ahead of October’s national election: We need immigrant workers so do not make the campaign about keeping them out.
Guatemalan prosecutors raid election body after vote questioned
Guatemalan prosecutors raided the offices of the Supreme Election Tribunal to investigate alleged discrepancies in the vote count for the first round of a presidential election this month, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday.
Saudi-led coalition intercepted a Houthi drone launched toward the kingdom: SPA
The Saudi Arabia-led military coalition in Yemen on Wednesday said it intercepted a suspected Houthi drone launched toward the kingdom, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Brazil congressional pension committee vote pushed back
Brazil’s special congressional committee on pension reform may still vote on the bill this week, according to the government’s spokeswoman in the lower house, dashing earlier hopes the vote would be concluded by Wednesday.
Mexico migrant shelter accuses police of intimidation
A Mexican migrant shelter is raising concern over what it said was an unauthorized attempt by Mexico’s National Guard to enter the facility and question migrants.
No ‘boots on the ground’ in Iran dispute, Trump says; cites ‘unlimited time’ for new deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was “not talking boots on the ground” should he take military action against Iran and that he had “unlimited time” to try to forge an agreement with Tehran.
