Trump extends U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday extended by one year sanctions against Zimbabwe saying that the new government’s policies continue to pose an “unusual and extraordinary” threat to U.S. foreign policy.
Venezuela’s Guaido pushes to name new representative to regional lender
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido named Harvard University economist Ricardo Hausmann as the country’s representative to the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Guaido’s envoy to the United States said on Monday.
U.S. lawmakers complain Trump has taken ‘no meaningful action’ on abuse of China Muslims
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers complained to the Trump administration on Monday that its response to rights abuses against China’s Muslim minority was inadequate months after it said it was looking into imposing sanctions.
Mexico government apologizes for deaths of youths taken by police
Mexican government officials apologized on Monday to families of five youths killed after police kidnapped them and turned them over to a brutal drug gang, a rare instance of officials admitting the state’s culpability in such crimes.
In major blow to Canada’s Trudeau, second minister quits over scandal
In a serious blow to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a second member of his Cabinet resigned on Monday, saying she had lost confidence in how the government had dealt with an escalating political scandal.
Regional lender mulls new board representative for Venezuela’s Guaido
The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) said on Monday it was reviewing a letter from Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido naming a new representative to the board of the regional lender.
Some IS jihadists surrender in eastern Syria enclave but more remain
Some 200 Islamic State fighters surrendered after a ferocious battle over their last shred of territory in eastern Syria, but around 1,000 may still be holding out, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian force battling them said on Monday.
200 militants evacuated from Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria: SDF spokesman
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday it had evacuated about 3,000 people, including around 200 Islamic State militants, from the group’s last enclave in eastern Syria.
Guaido names Hausmann as Venezuela’s IDB representative
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido named Harvard University economist Ricardo Hausmann as the country’s representative to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Guaido’s envoy to the United States, Carlos Vecchio, wrote in a tweet on Monday.
U.S. lawmakers complain Trump taken ‘no meaningful action’ on China’s abuses of Muslims
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers complained to the Trump administration on Monday that its response to rights abuses against China’s Muslim minority was inadequate months after saying it was looking into imposing sanctions.
