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JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African police have put a “red alert” on the country’s borders to prevent any attempted flight by Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe, who is accused of assaulting a model in a Johannesburg hotel with an electric cable.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States and Japan will step up their defense cooperation to deal with the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea as tensions in East Asia remain high, officials from the two allies said yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Add next week’s total eclipse of the sun to the list of worker distractions that cost U.S.

  BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – A van ploughed into crowds in the Spanish city of Barcelona today and a regional official said 13 people were killed in what police said they were treating as a terrorist attack.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s turnabout on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia has rocked his administration, leading to rising speculation that some top officials may be looking for a way out.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe has sought diplomatic immunity in South Africa, where she is under investigation over the assault of a 20-year-old model in an upmarket hotel, South African police said yesterday.

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Thirty-seven inmates were killed during an overnight raid by government security forces on a prison in Venezuela’s southern jungle state of Amazonas, the governor said yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security terminated a programme on Wednesday that allowed minors fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to settle in the United States, ending travel hopes for more than 2,700 children awaiting approval.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Tom Cruise broke his ankle on the set of the upcoming “Mission: Impossible 6,” causing a halt in filming while the action star known for performing many of his own stunts recovers, Paramount Pictures said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States drew a hard line for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement yesterday, demanding major concessions aimed at slashing trade deficits with Mexico and Canada and boosting U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Opposition candidates running in Venezuela’s October gubernatorial elections will be investigated to make sure none were involved in violent political protests this year, the head of a new pro-government truth commission said yesterday.

  JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African police confirmed on Wednesday that Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe remained in the country and had applied for diplomatic immunity after being accused of assaulting a 20-year-old model in an upmarket Johannesburg hotel.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts called on the United States today to combat rising racist violence and xenophobia and to prosecute perpetrators of hate crimes.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday rolled back rules regarding environmental reviews and restrictions on government-funded building projects in flood-prone areas as part of his proposal to spend $1 trillion to fix aging U.S.

JOHANNESBURG/ HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe returned home on Tuesday from South Africa after failing to turn herself in to police in Johannesburg to face accusations of assaulting a model in a hotel room.

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – Rescue workers have recovered nearly 400 bodies from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the chief coroner said yesterday, as morgues struggled to find space for all the dead.

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India, (Reuters) – Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in an altercation in the western Himalayas on Tuesday, Indian sources said, further raising tensions between the two countries which are already locked in a two-month standoff in another part of the disputed border.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump insisted yesterday that left- and right-wing extremists became violent during a weekend rally by white nationalists in Virginia, reigniting a political firestorm over U.S.

  JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, handed herself in to South African police today and will be charged with assault after reports that she attacked a young woman in Johannesburg, the police minister said.

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown yesterday, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.