Staff undermining Colombia tribunal trying former rebels: attorney general
Officials from the special Colombian tribunal tasked with trying crimes related to the country’s five decades of conflict may have covered up the non-compliance of several former rebel commanders with a peace accord, the attorney general said on Friday…
Yemen’s Houthis want U.N. guarantees for delegation as peace talks in Geneva stall
Yemen’s Houthi group said on Friday it was still waiting for the United Nations to guarantee that the flight carrying its delegation to peace talks in Geneva would not be inspected by Saudi coalition forces and could evacuate some of its wounded.
Iran’s Guards say they killed six Kurdish militants near Iraq border
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had killed six members of a Kurdish militant group involved in a July attack on an Iranian border post, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran and Russia can work together to restrain America: Iran supreme leader
Iran and Russia can work together to restrain America, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, according to Fars News.
One protester dead, 11 wounded during protests in Iraq’s Basra
One protester has died and 11 more were wounded during demonstrations in Iraq’s second biggest city Basra on Friday, local security and health sources said.
Trump ups ante on China, threatens duties on $267 billion more imports
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Friday that he has tariffs ready to go on $267 billion worth of Chinese imports in addition to the $200 billion of the Asian nation’s goods already facing the risk of duties.
Iraqi officials announce citywide curfew in Basra amid violent protests
Iraqi security officials announced a citywide curfew in Basra just before 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT) on Friday, amid violent protests, a statement from Basra Operations Command said.
Trump open to Russia probe interview ‘under certain circumstances’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was open to sitting down with investigators probing possible collusion between his election campaign and Russia “under certain circumstances,” but did not want to get caught in a “perjury trap.”
Israeli troops kill Palestinian, wound more than 200 at Gaza border protest
Israeli troops killed one Palestinian and wounded more than 200 others at a weekly protest on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, Gaza officials said.
Genoa authorities ask Autostrade, Fincantieri to rebuild bridge
The authorities in Genoa have asked motorway group Autostrade to team up with state-controlled Fincantieri to help rebuild a bridge that collapsed last month in the port city, killing 43 people.
