Thousands of Venezuelans head to Peru to beat residency deadline
At least 6,000 Venezuelans lined up at Peru’s northern border on Tuesday in hopes of entering the country before a deadline for acquiring residency, and another 4,000 were due to arrive in the next two days, Peru’s ombudsman’s office said.
Iranian spy service suspected of assassination plot in Denmark: security chief
Denmark said on Tuesday it suspected an Iranian government intelligence service had tried to carry out a plot to assassinate an Iranian Arab opposition figure on its soil.
Death toll rises to 11 as storms hammer Italy
Violent storms battered Italy for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, and flooding much of Venice.
EU to renew sanctions on Congolese officials including presidential candidate, diplomats say
The European Union is set to renew sanctions in December on senior officials in Democratic Republic of Congo, including presidential candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, four Western diplomats told Reuters.
Venezuela a threat to regional stability, security: U.S. official
Venezuela poses a clear threat to regional stability and could drag down key U.S. allies like Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, a senior Treasury Department official said on Wednesday.
Denmark will push for fresh EU-wide sanctions against Iran: Foreign Minister
Denmark will push for fresh EU-wide sanctions against Iran following a suspected attempted attack by an Iranian intelligence service on Danish soil, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said on Tuesday.
Nigeria police fire on Shi’ite march, kill protester-group
Police opened fire at Shi’ite Muslim protesters demanding the release of their leader in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Tuesday, killing one, in a second straight day of violence, the religious group said.
Iran: U.S. curbs to have ‘severe consequences’ for global order
U.S. sanctions against Iran will have “severe consequences” for the world order, the Islamic republic said on Tuesday, days before new sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports take effect.
Swedish caretaker PM says speaker’s talks made progress in breaking deadlock
Discussions led by the Swedish Parliament’s speaker on Tuesday made progress in breaking a political deadlock that has gripped Sweden since an inconclusive national election seven weeks ago, the caretaker prime minister told Reuters.
Rohingya returns to Myanmar must not be rushed or premature: UNHCR
The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were “not yet conducive for returns”, after Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed to start repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya by mid-November.
