Next round of Afghanistan talks tentatively set for Feb. 25
Another round of peace talks between Afghanistan’s Taliban and the United States is tentatively set for Feb. 25, a Qatari foreign ministry official said on Sunday, after a draft pact was reached to potentially end the United States’ longest war.
Russian painting stolen from Moscow gallery during exhibition
A 20th century landscape painting by a Russian artist was stolen from a Moscow art gallery in a brazen act of theft during an exhibition, police said on Sunday.
White House promises ‘significant response’ to any Venezuela violence
White House national security adviser John Bolton warned on Sunday against violence or intimidation of American diplomats in Venezuela or opposition leader Juan Guaido, saying such action would trigger a response from the United States.
Saudi Arabia frees Ethiopian-born tycoon amid flurry of releases
Saudi Arabia has freed Saudi-Ethiopian businessman Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi more than 14 months after he was detained in a crackdown on corruption, the latest in a flurry of releases as the kingdom faces intense scrutiny over its human rights record….
Sudan’s Bashir says protesters trying to copy Arab Spring
Protesters in Sudan are trying to imitate the Arab Spring uprisings that shook the region in 2011, President Omar al-Bashir said on Sunday during a visit to Egypt.
Nearly 24,000 ordered to evacuate after Brazil dam burst, 250 missing
Firefighters on Sunday called for the evacuation of some 24,000 people from the Brazilian town hit by a deadly mudslide from a ruptured mining dam as rains added to concerns a second dam could collapse.
Brazil court freezes further $1.3 billion in Vale accounts over dam burst
A state court in Brazil on Sunday blocked 5 billion reais ($1.33 billion) in Vale SA assets to pay for damages from a tailings dam that burst at an iron ore mine, according to a statement from the state prosecutor’s office in Minas Gerais.
Ethiopian-born Saudi businessman Al Amoudi freed in Saudi Arabia: Ethiopian state television
Ethiopian-born Saudi businessman Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, arrested in November 2017 during a crackdown on corruption, has been released from detention in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopian state television said on Sunday.
Israel recognizes Guaido as leader of Venezuela
Israel on Sunday threw its support behind Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s leader.
Syrian children in focus at Sarajevo museum on war and childhood
Toys, house keys and diaries hang suspended from the ceiling or sit on plain white pedestals at Sarajevo’s War Childhood Museum in a simple tribute to the children living in the shadow of the war in Syria.
