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Melania not joining G7, Singapore summits

Melania not joining G7, Singapore summits

-- 2018-06-04 21:47:42

US first lady Melania Trump will not be joining President Donald Trump on his upcoming trips to the G7 summit in Quebec and the highly anticipated summit between the United States and North Korea in S...

25 die after sudden eruption of Guatemala volcano

25 die after sudden eruption of Guatemala volcano

-- 2018-06-04 09:52:20

An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in more than four decades, off...

Trump to host his first-ever Iftar Wednesday

Trump to host his first-ever Iftar Wednesday

-- 2018-06-03 12:57:24

US President Donald Trump will host an Iftar event at the White House on Wednesday. The Iftar programme will be followed by a dinner but the guest list was not made available, according to a New York...

N Korea to get relief only after denuclearisation: Mattis

N Korea to get relief only after denuclearisation: Mattis

-- 2018-06-03 11:36:27

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday North Korea will receive relief only after it takes clear and irreversible steps to end its nuclear programme, adding it would be a bumpy road to a summi...

Venezuela releases 40 jailed activists

Venezuela releases 40 jailed activists

-- 2018-06-03 10:50:09

The Venezuelan government has released another 40 opposition politicians and activists, bringing to 79 the number of people freed in the past two days. Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the...

Summit with Kim is back on: Trump

Summit with Kim is back on: Trump

-- 2018-06-02 11:05:34

Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June is back on, the US president says, a week after it was scrapped. Mr Trump made the announcement after talks with a senior North Korean e...

Brazil oil giant Petrobras’s CEO quits amid protests

Brazil oil giant Petrobras’s CEO quits amid protests

-- 2018-06-02 10:20:38

The head of Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras, Pedro Parente, has resigned, following a nationwide strike by lorry drivers that caused huge disruption. The strike against diesel prices, which ended...

Nicaragua violence leaves 15 dead

Nicaragua violence leaves 15 dead

-- 2018-06-01 12:36:19

At least fifteen people were killed and more than 200 injured in one of the worst days of violence since protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began more than a month ago, police said on...

Trudeau declines to meet Trump owing to US precondition

Trudeau declines to meet Trump owing to US precondition

-- 2018-06-01 11:56:44

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he offered to go to Washington this week to complete talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement but that Vice President Mike Pe...

Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting

Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting

-- 2018-06-01 11:38:26

Displaying empathy does not come naturally to Mr Trump, who has been criticised for appearing unfeeling in times of tragedy, including when he sharply criticised a mayor in Puerto Rico in the aftermat...

Trump discusses prison reform with Kim Kardashian

Trump discusses prison reform with Kim Kardashian

-- 2018-05-31 18:45:31

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West paid a visit to the White House on Wednesday to make a case to President Donald Trump and his staff on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offences.&...

Canada to slap sanctions on 14 more Venezuelan officials

Canada to slap sanctions on 14 more Venezuelan officials

-- 2018-05-31 12:03:17

Canada will impose targeted sanctions on 14 Venezuelan officials, adding to its previous moves to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday....

Mexico won’t pay for border wall, Nieto tells Trump again

Mexico won’t pay for border wall, Nieto tells Trump again

-- 2018-05-30 11:18:35

US President Donald Trump accused Mexico of doing ‘nothing’ to stop illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, and repeated his election campaign pledge that Mexico would pay for...

Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico: Study

Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico: Study

-- 2018-05-29 21:30:29

Last year’s Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official toll, according to estimates in a Harvard University study. A third of deaths after September's h...

Senior North Korean leader heads to US for talks

Senior North Korean leader heads to US for talks

-- 2018-05-29 18:46:42

One of North Korea's most senior officials is travelling to New York, as preparations for a planned summit gather pace. Former intelligence chief Gen Kim Yong-chol is the most senior North Korean off...

Latin America must think about drug legalisation: UN agency

Latin America must think about drug legalisation: UN agency

-- 2018-05-29 11:03:35

Latin America must give serious thought to legalising drugs in order to reduce the human cost of prohibition, the head of a United Nations agency for the region said on Monday. Tens of thousands of p...

US braces for subtropical storm Alberto

US braces for subtropical storm Alberto

-- 2018-05-28 14:49:39

Thousands have been evacuated from the coast of Florida in the US as the region braces for subtropical storm Alberto. Anticipated to make landfall on Monday, Alberto is the first storm ahead of this...

Brazil president reduces diesel price to end week-long protest

Brazil president reduces diesel price to end week-long protest

-- 2018-05-28 10:48:09

Brazilian President Michel Temer has lowered the price of diesel in a bid to end a truckers’ strike that has crippled the country for almost a week. Temer said the price would be cut by 46 Braz...

US officials in North Korea for summit preparation

US officials in North Korea for summit preparation

-- 2018-05-27 21:08:57

Officials of the United States now in North Korea to hold talks on preparations for a possible summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. A US newspaper published a report about their vis...

US missionary returns home after serving jail in Venezuela

US missionary returns home after serving jail in Venezuela

-- 2018-05-27 11:09:07

American missionary Josh Holt, held by Venezuela without trial on weapons charges since 2016, returned home with his wife on Saturday after the South American country’s socialist government unex...

US team to go to Singapore for DPRK summit

US team to go to Singapore for DPRK summit

-- 2018-05-26 21:12:52

The White House Saturday said a team is still heading to Singapore this weekend to work on logistics for a possible summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according...

Harvey Weinstein released on $1m bail

Harvey Weinstein released on $1m bail

-- 2018-05-26 19:45:03

Former Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been released on $1m (£751,000) bail after being charged in New York with rape and sexual abuse. Mr Weinstein, 66, also agreed to wear a GPS tra...

Brazil president orders army to clear truckers’ blockades

Brazil president orders army to clear truckers’ blockades

-- 2018-05-26 12:57:38

A truckers protest over diesel prices that has crippled key sectors of Latin America’s biggest economy dragged into Friday night, putting drivers in a standoff with Brazilian President Michel Te...

Guatemala family mourns niece killing by US Border Patrol

Guatemala family mourns niece killing by US Border Patrol

-- 2018-05-26 12:28:41

The family of a 19-year-old Guatemalan woman killed by a US border patrol officer called on Friday for the United States to dial-back its rhetoric on migrants, after President Donald Trump described g...

DPRK summit could still happen on June 12: Trump

DPRK summit could still happen on June 12: Trump

-- 2018-05-25 22:11:36

US President Donald Trump on Friday has said his summit with North Korea's leader could still happen on 12 June, despite earlier cancelling the meeting. "We'll see what happens. It could even be the...

Indiana school shooting: two in hospital, suspect in custody

Indiana school shooting: two in hospital, suspect in custody

-- 2018-05-25 20:31:08

A suspect is in custody after a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Indiana Friday morning, the Indiana State Police said. Two victims are headed to the hospital, said Indiana State Police...

Weinstein faces rape, other sexual abuse charges

Weinstein faces rape, other sexual abuse charges

-- 2018-05-25 18:59:42

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been charged in New York with rape and several other counts of sexual abuse involving two separate women. Mr Weinstein had earlier turned himself in to police in...

Weinstein surrenders to police to face sexual misconduct charges

Weinstein surrenders to police to face sexual misconduct charges

-- 2018-05-25 18:43:21

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has turned himself in to New York police, where he is expected to face sexual misconduct charges. The charges have not been announced but US media say some may relate...

US defence act includes sanctions on Myanmar military officials

US defence act includes sanctions on Myanmar military officials

-- 2018-05-25 17:58:06

The US House of Representatives has passed the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defence Authorisation Act that includes sanctions on Myanmar officials responsible for ethnic cleansing, reports UNB.  "T...

Bombing at restaurant leaves 15 injured in Canada

Bombing at restaurant leaves 15 injured in Canada

-- 2018-05-25 13:53:31

At least fifteen people were injured as two unidentified men bombed an Indian restaurant in the Canadian city of Mississauga on Thursday, authorities said. The injured were taken to hospital from t...