Juan Guaido kicks off tour highlighting Venezuela 'terror' links
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido joined leaders from the United States and Latin America in condemning President Nicolas Maduro as a promoter of terrorism as he tried Monday to buoy international support for his flagging movement. The man recognized by the U.S. and nearly 60 ...
Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend Davos forum
Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaido — who declared himself acting president last year — will attend this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, lawmaker Stalin Gonzalez told AFP on Monday. Guaido is currently in Colombia, where he is due to meet with U.S. Secretary of ...
Participants in Libya summit in Berlin agree to respect arms embargo
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that countries with interests in Libya's long-running conflict have agreed that they should respect a much-violated arms embargo, which should be better controlled than it has been to date. The participants at Sunday's summit in Berlin agreed to provide ...
U.S. will work to determine if ex-ambassador Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine, Pompeo says
The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. Documents released this week indicated Lev Parnas, a Ukraine-born U.S. citizen, helped U.S. President Donald Trump's personal ...
State Department chided for silence over alleged threats to U.S. envoy to Ukraine
Ukraine's announcement on Thursday of an investigation into alleged surveillance of the U.S. ambassador has come as welcome relief to many in America's diplomatic corps. But the State Department's silence on the matter has alarmed a number of current and former diplomats who are demanding ...
Motegi to discuss North Korea and other issues with U.S. and South Korean foreign ministers
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will meet with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in San Francisco on Tuesday to discuss their cooperation on the denuclearization of North Korea. Motegi's meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is ...
NATO critic Trump now floats expanding group to include Middle East
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North American Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations, as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint globally. "I think that NATO should be expanded and we should include the Middle East, ...
Fence-scaling Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido tries to rekindle his mojo
In a crisp black suit with a bright blue tie, Juan Guaido pushed and shoved his way through rows of helmet-clad national guardsmen, cursing and scolding them like schoolchildren for blocking him from entering Venezuela's congress. "You don't get to decide who gets in!" he ...
Hawkish Israeli defense minister seeks 'million' settlers in West Bank
Israel's defense minister on Wednesday said he aimed to boost the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank to 1 million within a decade, from around 400,000 at present. Naftali Bennett, a hawk who draws much of his support from settlers, is leading ...
Iran-U.S. tensions likely to hamper probe into Tehran crash of Ukrainian Boeing jetliner
Clear international rules govern investigations into air crashes, but in the case of Wednesday's Ukrainian passenger jet disaster in Iran, they could fall victim to heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed less than three minutes after taking off ...
