South Africa withdraws arrest warrant for Zuma friend Gupta
South Africa has provisionally withdrawn an arrest warrant for Ajay Gupta, a businessman and friend of former president Jacob Zuma, police said on Friday, in a setback for the government’s promised fight against corruption.
Pompeo says to discuss security, Russia, China presence in Iceland visit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in NATO ally Iceland’s capital Reykjavik on Friday and said he would be discussing security relations as well as China and Russia’s growing presence in the Arctic.
South African police arrest ex-ambassador to Iran in MTN Iranian license investigation
Pretoria’s former ambassador to Iran, Yusuf Saloojee, was arrested in South Africa on Thursday over allegations of corruption related to telecoms giant MTN’s cell phone operating license in the Islamic Republic, police said on Friday.
Exclusive: U.S. may trim over 1,000 troops from Afghanistan in belt-tightening – general
Even before any peace push-related drawdowns, the U.S. military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan as part of an efficiency drive by the new commander, a U.S. general told Reuters on Friday, estimating the cuts may exceed 1,000 forces.
Maduro understands Venezuelans are rejecting him: Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s invitation to a U.S. envoy for talks in Caracas “demonstrates his increasing understanding that the Venezuelan people are rejecting him and his model of governance…
Brazil police arrest eight Vale employees in dam disaster
Brazilian police arrested eight employees of mining company Vale SA as part of a criminal investigation into the causes of a deadly dam disaster, prosecutors said on Friday.
Explainer: Scenic Kashmir at the heart of India-Pakistani animosity
The Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir has been at the heart of more than 70 years of animosity, since the partition of the British colony of India into the separate countries of Muslim Pakistan and majority Hindu India.
Russian nuclear-capable bombers fly over Sea of Japan: Ifax
Nuclear-capable Russian bombers carried out a training flight over the Sea of Japan, prompting Tokyo to scramble air force planes to intercept them, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian defense ministry as saying on Friday.
U.S.-China trade talks to resume in Washington next week
Talks between China and the United States to resolve their bruising trade war will resume next week in Washington, with both sides saying this week’s negotiations in Beijing made progress.
Exclusive: U.S. may trim over 1,000 troops from Afghanistan in belt-tightening – general
Even before any peace push-related drawdowns, the U.S. military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan as part of an efficiency drive by the new commander, a U.S. general told Reuters on Friday, estimating the cuts may exceed 1,000 forces.
