U.S. to end trade benefits for Mauritania over forced labor
U.S. President Donald Trump intends to end trade benefits for Mauritania on Jan. 1 for not making sufficient progress on ending forced labor practices, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) said on Friday.
U.S. President Trump cancels planned visit to Colombia
President Donald Trump has canceled a visit to Colombia that he had planned for early December, the White House said on Friday.
Cuba lashes out at Trump administration over new sanctions
Cuba on Friday said new sanctions planned by the United States were a futile attempt to change its policies and would only further isolate Washington internationally.
U.S. approves key step toward German missile defense deal
The U.S. government has approved integration of the U.S. Patriot PAC-3 MSE missile into a next-generation German missile defense system, a spokesman said on Friday, a key step toward completion of a long-delayed multibillion-dollar arms sale.
Venezuelan migration to Colombia may generate growth: World Bank
The arrival of more than a million Venezuelans fleeing a deep social and economic crisis in their country could lead to economic growth in Colombia, if the country takes the right steps to manage the migrant crisis, the World Bank said in a report rele…
Trump backtracks on suggestion U.S. troops could fire on migrants
President Donald Trump on Friday backtracked from his suggestion a day earlier that American troops sent to the U.S. border with Mexico would be free to fire on migrants who throw rocks at them, saying that rock-throwers would only be arrested.
Turkey’s Erdogan: Khashoggi killing ordered at Saudi ‘highest levels’
The order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the “highest levels” of the Saudi government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in the Washington Post on Friday and he called for the “puppetmasters” to be unmasked.
Pakistani Islamists to call off protests over Christian woman
A Pakistani Islamist party said on Friday it will call off protests over the acquittal of a Christian woman who faced hanging on blasphemy charges, striking a deal with the government to end three days of protests in major cities.
Turkey’s Erdogan says Khashoggi killing ordered at Saudi ‘highest levels’
The order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the “highest levels” of the Saudi government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in an op-ed piece published by the Washington Post on Friday.
President Trump cancels planned visit to Colombia
President Donald Trump has canceled a visit to Colombia that he had planned for early December, a U.S. official said on Friday.
