Pence calls for end to Maduro government in Venezuela at Florida rally
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, working to ramp up pressure to aid the opposition trying to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, told a Florida rally on Friday that the time for dialogue had ended and all options were on the table.
From sleaze to seaweed: Macron confronts French anger in debates
French President Emmanuel Macron showed a trademark mix of bluntness and humor to field questions from overseas mayors at a debate at the Elysee Palace on Friday, one of a myriad of consultations he launched last month to quell social unrest.
As U.S. starts deportations, asylum-seekers face perils in Mexico
Central Americans who fled violence for refuge in the United States risk kidnapping or death under a new U.S. plan to deport them to murderous and cartel-wracked Mexican border cities while their asylum cases are processed.
Advisory: News item on Moscow’s readiness for dialogue over INF treaty withdrawn
The story on Moscow saying it is still ready for dialogue over the INF treaty has been withdrawn after Russian news agency RIA, the source of the information, withdrew its own news item.
Irish police seize firearms, explosive near border with Northern Ireland
Irish police seized a substantial quantity of firearms and a suspected explosive device near the border with Northern Ireland on Friday as part of an investigation into the activities of militant Irish nationalist groups there.
France calls on Russia to use six-month period to comply with nuclear treaty
The French government called on Russia on Friday to use the six-month period triggered by the United States’s decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) to comply with its obligations under the landmark accord.
NATO has no intention to move new land-based nuclear arms in Europe: Stoltenberg
NATO has no intention of moving new land-based nuclear missiles to Europe, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters on Friday, after the United States said it would suspend compliance with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia…
NATO to continue talking with Russia about INF treaty: Stoltenberg
NATO will continue to work with Russia to get it to respect the INF Treaty, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.
Building on Syria war gains, Hezbollah scores political win
Hezbollah’s bigger role in Lebanon’s new unity government points to a growing appetite to shape state affairs and builds on unprecedented military clout the group is wielding after helping turn the tide in Syria’s war.
Trump says he wants to discuss new arms control treaty
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he wants to hold talks aimed at creating a new arms control treaty, after his administration announced that it may withdraw from a pact with Russia in six months.
