Venezuela hit with new U.S. sanctions after clashes over food aid on border
The United States targeted Venezuela’s government with new sanctions on Monday and called on allies to freeze the assets of its state-owned oil company PDVSA after deadly violence blocked humanitarian aid from reaching the country over the weekend.
Brazil will not allow U.S. use its territory to invade Venezuela: vice president
Brazil’s vice president, retired general Hamilton Mourão, said on Monday that under no circumstances would his country allow the United States to intervene militarily in Venezuela from Brazilian territory.
U.S. says air strike killed 35 militants in Somalia
The U.S. military said on Monday that a recent air strike in central Somalia killed 35 al Shabaab fighters.
Sudan’s Bashir bans protests in latest emergency measures
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir banned unlicensed public gatherings and protests on Monday in a series of emergency decrees issued during the most sustained anti-government street unrest of his 30-year rule.
Venezuela hit with new U.S. sanctions after aid clashes
The United States targeted Venezuela’s government with new sanctions on Monday and called on allies to freeze the assets of its state-owned oil company PDVSA after deadly violence blocked aid from reaching the crisis-hit country during the weekend.
Assad meets Khamenei in first Iran visit since Syrian war began
Syrian President Bashar al Assad made his first public visit to his closest regional ally Iran since the start of Syria’s war in 2011, meeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday and championing their alliance, state media reporte…
Sisi defends death penalty at summit with Europe
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi defended the death penalty at a summit between Arab and European states on Monday, saying the two regions had “two different cultures”.
World Court: Britain must return Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius
The World Court on Monday told Britain to give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, and said it had wrongfully forced the population to leave in the 1970s to make way for a U.S. air base.
UK opposition Labour says it will back call for second Brexit referendum
Britain’s opposition Labour Party will back a call for a second referendum on Brexit, its leader Jeremy Corbyn will tell his lawmakers on Monday.
Venezuela aid violence steeled U.S. pro-opposition resolve: Pence
The United States targeted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government with a fresh round of sanctions on Monday after violence blocked the delivery of food and medicine to the economically devastated country during the weekend.
