Life goes on in Tripoli – but residents wonder for how long
Life might look normal in most of the Libyan capital Tripoli – but with artillery blasts audible in much of the city as eastern LNA forces attack its southern fringe, there is tension everywhere.
East Libyan warplanes hit Tripoli government positions
Eastern Libyan forces bogged down in street battles in a push to seize the capital Tripoli deployed warplanes on Friday to hit several government positions, as more civilians fled fighting.
Pompeo defends U.S. sanctions on Venezuela on Latin America visit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said countries in the region would understand that the United States was not the “malign actor” in the socialist-run country’s deepening economic and political crisis.
U.S. science museum ‘concerned’ by event to honor Brazil’s Bolsonaro
The American Museum of Natural History said on Friday that it is “concerned” an event booked to be held at the New York museum will honor far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as a “person of the year,” a move that has triggered online outrage.
Highlights: UK’s Hammond talks about Brexit, the BoE and PM May’s successor
British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday it was very likely that the idea of a second Brexit referendum would be put to parliament at some point, but time was tight before October when Britain is due to leave the European Union.
Two dead after buildings collapse in militia-controlled Rio neighborhood
At least two people died and two more were injured when two unlicensed buildings in a militia-controlled outer borough of Rio de Janeiro collapsed on Friday, just days after deadly rains caused chaos in Brazil’s second largest city.
Brexit black hole: Divorce implosion, deal, or election?
The United Kingdom now has until Oct. 31 to leave the European Union but the British political elite is still squabbling over how, when or if to Brexit.
Mexico-U.S. meeting on Friday to address border traffic: Mexican president
High-level talks between U.S. and Mexican officials in the eastern Mexican city of Merida on Friday will touch on the U.S.-Mexico border and improving the flow of traffic there, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.
Corruption scandal casts long shadow over Latvia
A year after closing one of its largest banks for money laundering and the detention of its central bank governor for alleged bribery, Latvia is struggling to deal with the fallout from the corruption scandal.
Eastern Libya air force hits camp near ENI oil and gas port
A war plane belonging to the eastern Libyan forces on Friday attacked a military camp of a force allied to the internationally recognized government near the western town of Zuwara, an eastern military source and residents said.
