Angry Venezuelans wait hours for fuel as shortages worsen
Angry drivers queued for hours in towns across Venezuela on Friday as fuel shortages worsened in the South American nation following a plunge in gasoline imports and a stoppage at the nation’s second-largest oil refinery.
Migrant families being flown to San Diego from Texas in U.S. border crisis
Hundreds of detainees from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in Texas and elsewhere are being flown to San Diego for processing beginning on Friday, the agency said.
Venezuela’s Maduro says Norway talks sought ‘peaceful agenda’ with opposition
Talks in Norway this week with representatives of Venezuela’s government and the opposition sought to “build a peaceful agenda” for the crisis-stricken South American country, President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday.
Colombian ex FARC rebel rearrested minutes after leaving jail
A former commander of the Marxist FARC rebel group was released from prison in Bogota on Friday and immediately re-arrested after new evidence came to light on drug trafficking charges, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.
Venezuela’s Maduro says Norway talks sought ‘peaceful agenda’ with opposition
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that two of his envoys went to Norway this week to begin “exploration” into a dialogue with the opposition to “build a peaceful agenda.”
Austrian leader calls crisis meeting after deputy filmed discussing deals
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called a crisis meeting late on Friday after two German newspapers published footage purportedly showing his deputy discussing state contracts with a potential Russian backer in return for political support.
Trump denies friction with top aides over Iran policy
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Australian voters tipped to elect Labor government
Australians began voting in a federal election on Saturday, with bookies predicting a return to power for the Labor party after six years in the political wilderness and a campaign in which it has put climate change and tax reform at the top of its age…
Merkel’s heir apparent denies pressuring German chancellor to resign
The presumptive heir to Angela Merkel denied a report on Friday that she had pressured the German chancellor to step down after an election later this month for the European Parliament in which their conservative party is set to lose ground.
Protesters at Venezuela’s U.S. Embassy appear in court to face criminal charges
Four protesters arrested on Thursday for occupying the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C. appeared in federal court on Friday where they were charged with trespassing and interfering with the U.S. State Department’s protective functions, the Justic…
