Trump told U.S. defense chief: no war with Iran: N.Y. Times
U.S. President Donald Trump has told his acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, he does not want to go to war with Iran, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing unidentified administration officials.
Yemen combatants wide apart on sharing vital port revenues
Yemen’s warring parties on Thursday failed to agree on how to manage revenues from Hodeidah port that could help relieve the urgent humanitarian needs of millions, delegates and U.N. sources at U.N.-facilitated discussions in Jordan said.
Reporter shot and killed in Mexican tourist resort
A crime reporter has been shot and killed in the beach resort of Playa del Carmen on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, authorities said on Thursday, the latest in a rising death toll of journalists under the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador….
Nine killed in gun battles in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Indian troops and separatist militants clashed in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday and nine people were killed, officials said, the latest casualties in a new phase of violence in the 30-year insurgency.
Small Turkish Democrat Party says it is not standing in Istanbul election
A small Turkish center-right party said on Thursday it would not take part in next month’s re-run of the Istanbul mayoral election, which the main opposition party candidate won by a tiny margin in March.
Open up U.S. market, EU says in riposte to Pentagon threat
U.S. fears about losing European defense contracts are unfounded, Brussels told Washington on Thursday after the Pentagon demanded the European Union curtail a new military pact that it sees as a potential threat to NATO.
Trump, Swiss president discussed Middle East, Venezuela crises: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump discussed crises in the Middle East and Venezuela during a meeting on Thursday with Switzerland President Ueli Maurer, a White House spokesman said.
Cuba, Canada foreign ministers meet in Havana on Venezuela crisis
Canada’s foreign minister met with her Cuban counterpart in Havana on Thursday to discuss the political crisis in Cuba’s longtime ally Venezuela and other issues after the island’s Communist government said it was willing to help mediate.
Venezuela ex police commissioner Simonovis has left house arrest: Guaido
Venezuelan ex police commissioner Ivan Simonovis has left his home despite being under house arrest, opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Thursday.
Nine Islamic State militants killed in southwest Pakistan raid
Pakistani security forces killed nine Islamic State militants during an hours-long raid near Quetta in the restive southwest of the country that has been hit by repeated jihadist attacks this month, officials said on Thursday.
