Spain’s Sanchez offers Colombia help to reach peace with ELN rebels
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, on his first tour of Latin America since taking office in June, on Thursday offered any necessary support to push forward a peace deal between Colombia and ELN rebels.
Exclusive: Fake photos in Myanmar army’s ‘True News’ book on the Rohingya crisis
The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar’s army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. “Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally”, reads the caption.
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador seek aid to cope with Venezuelan migrants
Colombia, Peru and Ecuador want more international aid to help manage a surge in Venezuelan migration that is overwhelming public services in those countries, a Peruvian official said on Thursday.
Wall St. rally ends as risk-selling grows on rising tariff fears
U.S. stocks ended their four-day winning streak on Thursday as risk reduction ahead of the long holiday weekend accelerated on growing trade anxieties.
Dutch lawmaker cancels Mohammad cartoon contest over safety concerns
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said on Thursday he was cancelling plans to hold a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad, saying the danger of violence against innocent people was too great.
Afghan Taliban urges retaliation over planned Dutch cartoon contest
The Taliban urged Afghan soldiers on Thursday to attack Dutch troops serving in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in retaliation for a contest of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad planned by far-right politician Geert Wilders.
Two men burned alive by lynch mob in central Mexico
Enraged villagers in a small town in central Mexico burned alive two men whom they confused with alleged child abductors, local authorities said on Thursday.
Wall Street rally ends as investors sell risk
U.S. stocks ended their four-day winning streak on Thursday as investors sold risk ahead of the long holiday weekend.
Chile’s Santiago Archbishop says regrets ‘tension’ in the Church
Chile’s most senior cleric has apologized for the “tension” affecting the country’s Roman Catholic Church after five bishops resigned in a sexual abuse scandal that has prompted a major civil investigation.
Honoring the 2015 nuclear deal is not Iran’s only option: foreign minister
Honoring the 2015 nuclear deal is not Iran’s only option, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday in a Twitter post.
