Vale tailings dam breaks in Brazil, no victims reported
A tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA on Friday, releasing a river of sludge that covered nearby buildings and forced the evacuation of some residents from the affected region in southwestern Minas Gerais state.
Exclusive: Kremlin-linked contractors help guard Venezuela’s Maduro – sources
Private military contractors who do secret missions for Russia flew into Venezuela in the past few days to beef up security for President Nicolas Maduro in the face of U.S.-backed opposition protests, according to two people close to them.
EU adds Saudi Arabia to draft terrorism financing list: sources
The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, two sources told Reuters on Friday.
Ethiopia to charge restive region’s former leader with civil war plot
Prosecutors will charge the former head of Ethiopia’s strife-torn Somali region and dozens of other officials with plotting to incite a civil war and ordering abuses including beheadings, officials said on Friday.
Nigeria’s Buhari suspends chief judge who faces allegations over assets
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the country’s most senior judge and replaced him with an acting chief justice on Friday, weeks ahead of an election in which the judiciary could play an important role.
Four killed as helicopter and small plane collide above Italian Alps: media
A mid-air collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft above the Italian Alps has killed at least four people, local media reported on Friday.
DUP likely to back amendment supporting Brexit deal with backstop alternative: Telegraph
The DUP, which props up British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, is likely to back an amendment which says lawmakers will support May’s Brexit deal if the Irish backstop is swapped for “alternative arrangements”, The Telegraph newspaper said.
Russia opposes Venezuela opposition leader as interim president: U.N. envoy
Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Friday that Moscow would oppose a U.S. push for the United Nations Security Council to recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president.
Zimbabwe pastor’s bail bid deferred; Amnesty says children being held
Zimbabwe’s High Court deferred until next week a decision on whether to free an activist pastor detained over violent anti-government protests.
Fear of renewed fighting, hunger as Yemen port troop pull-out stalls
Yemen’s warring parties have failed to pull troops from the main port under a month-old truce, putting the first major diplomatic breakthrough of the four-year war in jeopardy and reviving the threat of an all-out assault that could unleash famine.
