WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (AFP): US President Donald Trump and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that talks between senior officials were underway, as the South American country struggles under the weight of US sanctions."We are in touch. We're talking to various representatives of Venezuela," Trump told reporters.He declined...
Read moreBEIJING, Aug 21 (BBC): China has threatened to impose sanctions on US firms involved with the sale of F-16 fighter planes to Taiwan if Washington goes ahead with the deal.Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang urged the US to stop the arms sales and end military contact with Taiwan.The US government...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Aug 21 (AFP): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday postponed a planned visit to Denmark after Danish officials insisted its autonomous territory of Greenland was not for sale.Trump's decision confirms just how interested he was in purchasing Greenland, an idea initially dismissed as a joke by some, but which...
Read moreUNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (AP): The UN envoy for Yemen warned on Tuesday that fragmentation of the war-torn Arab nation "is becoming a stronger and more pressing threat," making peace efforts that have been frustratingly slow more urgent than ever. Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that the world cannot...
Read moreCAIRO, Aug 21 (AP): Sudan's top general has been sworn in as the leader of a joint military-civilian body, which is to run the country for a little over three years until elections can be held. The official SUNA news agency says Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan was sworn in before the...
Read morePARIS, Aug 21 (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss tensions in the divided region of Kashmir with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the two meet in Paris this week, a French official said on Tuesday.Meanwhile British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also weighed in on Kashmir Tuesday telling Modi...
Read moreUNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (AP): USSecretary of State Mike Pompeo says anyone who "touches," supports or allows an Iranian tanker carrying crude oil to dock risks U.S. sanctions. He told reporters on Tuesday that if an Iranian supertanker that left Gibraltar on Sunday again heads to Syria, "we'll take every...
Read moreKATHMANDU, Aug 21 (BBC): Nepalese authorities have banned single-use plastics in the Everest region in a bid to cut down on waste left by climbers.The ban will take effect in the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu municipality from January 2020.A local official told AFP news agency that by starting now, "it will...
Read moreBEIRUT, Aug 21 (AP): Syrian opposition activists say airstrikes have hit a hospital in a rebel-held northwestern village, knocking it out of service. There was no immediate word on casualties. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Thiqa news agency, an activist collective, said the Rahma hospital in...
Read moreWife of Honduran ex-president convicted in graft caseAug 21: A Honduran court convicted the wife of former President Porfirio Lobo on graft charges, including siphoning funds from programs designed to help poor children, a judicial official said on Tuesday. Rosa Elena Bonilla was found guilty of diverting some 18.3 million...
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