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Washington cranks up Venezuela sanctions as Guaido tours South America
The United States on Friday ramped up its attempt to dislodge Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, imposing new sanctions and revoking visas, while opposition leader Juan Guaido said Maduro's support among the military was cracking.
London's Stansted's runway reopens after aborted takeoff
London Stansted Airport was up and running again on Friday night after an aborted takeoff caused by an engine failure briefly shut down the runway.
House panel demands Kushner clearance details from White House
A Democratic-led congressional panel on Friday demanded that the White House comply with requests for documents and witnesses for a probe into alleged security clearance abuses involving President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and othe...
Mexico frets over U.S. plans to take divisive asylum policy to new cities
The United States is aiming to ramp up in coming weeks a program to send Central American asylum seekers to Mexico to await U.S. court dates, an experimental policy that Mexican officials and migrant shelters say risks overwhelming an underfunded sys...
Manafort seeks sentence well below guidelines in Virginia case
Lawyers for Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, asked a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to hand down a sentence that is significantly below sentencing guidelines, according to a court filing.
South Korea to work with U.S., North Korea after failed nuclear talks
South Korea will work with the United States and North Korea to help them reach a denuclearization deal, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Friday, a day after a U.S.-North Korean summit collapsed over a disagreement on sanctions.
Centrist Democrats stray on votes, roiling House majority party
Freshman Democrats determined to walk a centrist path in the U.S. House of Representatives are testing party harmony between moderates and liberals, just as work on major issues including gun control and healthcare policy is getting underway.
Rights groups urge release of more Nicaragua prisoners
Human rights advocates on Friday urged Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to free 566 people still in custody that the opposition considers political prisoners following an initial release of detainees from a simmering political crisis.
Flights grounded at London's Stansted after plane takeoff aborted
Flights were suspended at London's Stansted airport after an Airbus A320 plane suffered an engine failure and the flight was aborted on the runway during takeoff, a spokesman for the airport said.
Texas cargo plane's cockpit voice recorder recovered in fatal crash
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday that investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a cargo plane that crashed on Feb. 23 in Texas, killing three.
Factbox: Democrats in Congress take aim at Trump with multiple probes
In addition to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and other federal prosecutors, several U.S. congressional committees are pursuing investigations focusing on President Donald Trump, looking at questions regarding Russia's role in the 2016 president...
Tens of thousands of Algerians call on Bouteflika to step down
Tens of thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday in the biggest anti-government demonstrations there since the Arab Spring eight years ago.
Actress Katherine Helmond of TV's 'Soap,' 'Who's the Boss?' dies at 89
Actress Katherine Helmond, a seven-time Emmy Award nominee who played lusty matriarchs on the hit television sitcoms "Soap" and "Who's the Boss" from the 1970s into the 1990s, died on Feb. 23. She was 89, her talent agency said on Friday.
Washington ups pressure on Venezuela as Guaido tours South America
The United States on Friday announced sanctions on Venezuelan officials who blocked a humanitarian aid convoy last week, as opposition leader Juan Guaido toured South America to drum up support for an end to President Nicolas Maduro's government...
U.S. Air Force grounds Boeing's KC-46 tankers over debris issue
The U.S. Air force said on Friday it had stopped accepting Boeing Co's KC-46 tankers since Feb. 20 and is working with the company to resolve the issue of foreign object debris (FOD) that were found in the aircraft.
Brazil gold mine blast kills two: Canada's Leagold
An underground blast in a gold mine in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Friday killed two workers, Canadian company Leagold Mining Corp said.
Washington Governor Inslee's White House bid to focus on climate change
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday he will seek the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 2020, joining the crowded field as a relative unknown who hopes to catch fire by making climate change a central issue of his cam...
Warmbier parents blast 'evil' North Korea regime after Trump praises Kim
The parents of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died after a stint in a North Korean prison, blasted Kim Jong Un's "evil regime" on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed the leader's claims not to have known how th...
BNP Paribas to cut up to 2,500 jobs at its Belgian bank
BNP Paribas reached an agreement with unions over a plan to cut as many as 2,500 jobs at its Belgian retail banking unit by 2021 as part of an effort to bring down costs.
Somali forces kill militants after 22-hour attack on capital
Somali government troops shot dead three Islamist militants holed up in a building in central Mogadishu on Friday, police said, ending a day-long bomb and gun attack that killed at least 29 civilians.