Venezuela’s Guaido to visit Brazil in bid to keep pressure on Maduro
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was due to arrive in Brazil on Wednesday night to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a tour of several nations to ratchet up international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to step down.
Congo Ebola center set on fire after armed attack
Armed assailants attacked an Ebola treatment center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, setting off a fire and becoming embroiled in an extended gunbattle with security forces, health officials said.
U.N. says 10,000 Nigerians return from Cameroon to town targeted by Boko Haram
At least 10,000 Nigerians returned to a flashpoint town on Wednesday after fleeing into Cameroon to escape repeated attacks over the past few months, a U.N. humanitarian report said.
Ex-Canada minister says she confronted PM Trudeau over SNC-Lavalin case
Former Canadian Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said on Wednesday that government officials inappropriately pressured her to help a major firm facing a bribery trial and that she confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the matter.
Trump and Kim hold second day of summit in Hanoi
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold another day of talks at their second summit in eight months on Thursday, after swapping compliments at a dinner but giving no sign of progress on the key issue of denuclearizatio…
U.S., UK, France ask U.N. to blacklist militant leader behind Kashmir attack
The United States, Britain and France proposed on Wednesday that the United Nations Security Council blacklist the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad, which said it attacked an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir.
U.N. says 10,000 Nigerians return from Cameroon to town targeted by armed groups
At least 10,000 Nigerians displaced from the town of Rann by repeated attacks over the past few months returned on Wednesday, the United Nations said, and hundreds more were still on their way from where they had fled to in neighboring Cameroon.
U.N. Security Council to vote on rival U.S., Russian proposals on Venezuela
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on rival U.S. and Russian draft resolutions on Venezuela, diplomats said, with Washington’s proposal calling for free and fair presidential elections and unhindered aid delivery.
White House bars four reporters from Trump-Kim dinner
The White House barred reporters from Reuters, the Associated Press, Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times from covering a dinner between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday after two of them asked Trump questions duri…
U.S. acting Pentagon chief focused on de-escalating India-Pakistan tensions
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is focused on de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and urged them both to avoid further military action, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, without saying if he had spoken with his counterparts f…
