U.S. to ‘redirect’ over $200 million in aid from West Bank, Gaza
The United States will “redirect” more than $200 million in economic aid for projects in the West Bank and Gaza to programs elsewhere, a U.S. State Department official said on Friday.
Trump scraps Pompeo trip to North Korea, citing stalled nuclear diplomacy
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly canceled his top diplomat’s planned trip to North Korea, publicly acknowledging for the first time that his effort to get Pyongyang to denuclearize had stalled since his summit with North Korea’s leader.
Trump calls off Pompeo’s planned trip to North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday canceled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned trip to North Korea for renewed negotiations to persuade it to abandon its nuclear weapons, citing insufficient progress on the issue.
Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to be buried in Ghana on September 13: president
Former United Nations chief and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the West African nation’s president said on Friday.
Pope to pay tribute to Ireland’s ‘holy drinker’ who may become saint
Matt Talbot, a Dubliner who died in 1925, was a man with a drinking problem. Now, he is on his way to sainthood.
Venezuelan exodus approaching crisis moment: U.N. agency
The exodus of migrants from Venezuela is building toward a “crisis moment” comparable to events involving refugees in the Mediterranean, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.
Missing tanker docks in Togo after suspected hijacking
A tanker with 19 crew members on board has docked at a port in Togo after going missing for over a week in a suspected hijacking off the West African coast, the crew’s agency said on Friday.
‘He was a director’: Irish priest remembers years working alongside Pope
When Pope Francis visits Dublin on Saturday, 82-year-old Irish priest James Kelly will be glued to the television waiting to hear what his old colleague makes of a new reformed Ireland.
U.S. imposes sanctions on three Islamic State recruiters
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on three men from Southeast Asia who it says were recruiters for the Islamic State and appeared in a beheading video for the militant group.
Fighters from new rebel group attack Chad soldiers at Libya border
Rebels in northern Chad attacked government forces this week at the border with Libya, the fighters and two military sources said on Friday, although the government denied an attack had taken place.
