Venezuela blackout halts most oil exports, hits crude upgrading: sources
Venezuelan state-run oil firm PDVSA has been unable to resume crude exports at its primary port since last week’s blackout, according to people familiar with the matter, indicating that the country’s massive power outage is crippling the OPEC nation’s …
Venezuelans scramble for food and water as oil exports hit by blackout
Much of Venezuela, including parts of the capital Caracas, remained without power on Monday for a fifth day, crimping vital oil exports and leaving people struggling to obtain water and food.
Turkish foreign ministry summons Belgium’s ambassador in Ankara
Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned Belgium’s ambassador in Ankara on Monday after a Belgian court blocked the prosecution of some 30 people with alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a foreign ministry official said.
U.S. citizen Michael White sentenced in Iranian court: report
A U.S. citizen held in Iran has been sentenced for an unspecified crime, Iranian news agencies reported on Monday.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro rebuked for false accusation against reporter
Brazil’s bar association and top investigative journalism group Abraji blasted far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday for his latest Twitter attack on the press.
U.S. sanctions Russian bank over dealings with Venezuela state oil firm
The United States sanctioned the Russian bank Evrofinance Mosnarbank on Monday, accusing it of helping Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA evade U.S. financial restrictions and provide a “lifeline” for socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Third summit between Trump and North Korea’s Kim likely, no date set: U.S. official
A U.S. Department of State official on Monday said she thinks there will be a third summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but no date has been set.
U.S. North Korea envoy says diplomacy still very much alive with North Korea
The U.S. special representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, said on Monday that “diplomacy is still very much alive” with North Korea, despite the collapse of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last mo…
Doctors pray for sick as blackout batters Venezuelan hospitals
Maria Rodriguez’s daughter has spent a month in Caracas’s J.M. de los Rios children’s hospital with hydrocephalus, a buildup of spinal fluid in the brain, but staff there have faced an uphill battle treating the girl because of a nationwide power outag…
Ex-Congolese VP seeks damages from war crimes court
Former Congolese vice president and militia leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was acquitted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC) last year, is seeking nearly 70 million euros ($75 million dollars) in damages.
