CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 34 others injured in Charlottesville, Virginia today when white nationalists protesting plans to remove the statue of a Confederate general clashed with counter-demonstrators and a car plowed into a crowd, officials said.
BEDMINSTER, N.J., (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday threatened military intervention in Venezuela, a surprise escalation of Washington’s response to Venezuela’s political crisis that Caracas disparaged as “craziness.”
Caracas/Houston, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unraveling socialist government is increasingly turning to ally Russia for the cash and credit it needs to survive – and offering prized state-owned oil assets in return, sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters.
BEDMINSTER, N.J., (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today threatened military intervention in Venezuela, a surprise escalation in Washington’s response to Venezuela’s political crisis.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Any new military conflict with North Korea would likely escalate quickly to the use of nuclear weapons, bringing catastrophic casualties not seen since World War Two and an untold economic impact worldwide, former U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recognized the Socialist Party-dominated constituent assembly as the country’s most powerful institution yesterday in his first appearance at the highly criticized legislative body that was inaugurated six days ago.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Four U.S. Senate Republicans from oil refining states urged the Trump administration yesterday to not block oil shipments from Venezuela as part of U.S.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away.
NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya, (Reuters) – Celebrations broke out in pockets of Kenya yesterday after the opposition said its candidate Raila Odinga should be declared winner of the presidential vote, a claim an election commission official said was “ridiculous”.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister resigned today over corruption charges in a bond scam that is now being investigated, maintaining that he was not guilty of wrongdoing.
SEOUL/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – North Korea dismissed yesterday warnings by U.S. President Donald Trump that it would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States as a “load of nonsense”, and outlined detailed plans for a missile strike near the Pacific territory of Guam.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s election commission dismissed claims yesterday by opposition leader Raila Odinga that its systems and website had been hacked to produce a “fictitious” lead for Odinga’s long-time rival President Uhuru Kenyatta.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A raid on the Virginia home of President Donald Trump’s former 2016 election campaign manager showed an investigation of possible ties between the campaign and Russia is intensifying and focused on the financial dealings of Trump associates, sources familiar with the probe said.
WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it was investigating allegations by the United States that unspecified “incidents” caused physical symptoms in Americans serving at the U.S.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma survived an attempt in parliament to force him from office yesterday, but was left politically wounded after some members of his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party voted with the opposition.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence motion against him in parliament on Tuesday by garnering 198 votes to the opposition’s 177 votes as African National Congress lawmakers rallied to his support.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces have wielded excessive force to suppress protests, killing dozens, and have arbitrarily detained 5,000 people since April, including 1,000 still in custody, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.