North Korea fires short-range missile: Yonhap News Agency
North Korea fired a short-range missile from the east coast city of Wonsan toward the east on Saturday morning, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff.
Brazil’s far-right president nixes U.S. trip in face of protests
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has canceled a trip to the United States, his office announced on Friday, after sharp protests against his being honored as the person of the year by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Scotland’s Davidson girds for fight as support for independence rises
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, returns to politics on Saturday with a vow to resist any new referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.
China putting minority Muslims in ‘concentration camps,’ U.S. says
The United States accused China on Friday of putting well more than a million minority Muslims in “concentration camps,” in some of the strongest U.S. condemnation to date of what it calls Beijing’s mass detention of mostly Muslim Uighur minority and o…
One Venezuelan protester’s brush with death
A young protester, his arms outstretched and his head thrown completely back, is struck from behind by a Venezuelan National Guard riot control vehicle and pulled underneath.
Canada vows to defends its business in Cuba as U.S. opens way for lawsuits
Canada vowed on Friday to defend its businesses operating in Cuba after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a ban on American citizens filing lawsuits against investors working on the island nation.
Thailand to crown its newlywed king in elaborate ceremonies
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Saturday begins intricate Buddhist and Brahmin ceremonies to symbolically transform him into a living god as the Southeast Asian nation officially crowns its first monarch in nearly seven decades.
Israel kills two militants in Gaza; two Palestinians killed in border protest
Israel killed two Hamas militants in air strikes on Gaza on Friday, and two Palestinian protesters were killed in clashes with Israeli forces along the enclave’s border.
Lima Group accuses Maduro of protecting ‘terrorist groups’ in Colombia
The Lima Group regional bloc, which supports the opposition in Venezuela, accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of protecting “terrorist groups” in Colombia, and said it rejects any attempt to threaten the life Colombian President Ivan Duque.
U.S. cracks down on Iran uranium production, nuclear plant
The United States acted on Friday to force Iran to stop producing low-enriched uranium and expanding its only nuclear power plant, intensifying a campaign aimed at halting Tehran’s ballistic missile program and curbing its regional power.
