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Trinidad and Tobago secures US permission to negotiate gas deal with neighboring Venezuela

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The U.S. has granted Trinidad and Tobago permission to negotiate a gas deal with neighboring Venezuela without facing any U.S. sanctions, the Caribbean nation’s attorney general said Thursday. The U.S. Treasury Department granted an Office of Foreign Assets Control license on ...
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Tomb of former French Justice Minister Badinter defaced with graffiti before Panthéon ceremony

PARIS (AP) — The tomb of former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter, who was known for defending human rights and was inducted into the country’s Panthéon national monument Thursday, was vandalized in a cemetery close to Paris, officials said. Badinter, who died last year at ...
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Belgian police detain 3 over a suspected plot to attack politicians with a drone

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police on Thursday detained three people over a suspected plot to attack the country’s politicians including Prime Minister Bart De Wever with a drone carrying explosives. The three were taken into custody after an anti-terrorism judge ordered searches of their homes ...
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Congo’s Tshisekedi calls on Rwanda to make peace as diplomacy stumbles

(Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi used a speech to an investment forum in Brussels on Thursday to publicly appeal to his Rwandan counterpart to help end an insurgency by M23 rebels, though Kigali accused him posturing. Mediation efforts by the U.S. and ...
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Explosion heard in Kabul, Taliban says it is investigating

KABUL (Reuters) -One or more loud explosions were heard late on Thursday evening in the Afghan capital of Kabul, according to the Taliban administration and eyewitnesses.  It was not immediately clear what caused the blast. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Taliban administration, said in a ...
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Trump says he will head to the Middle East on Sunday after Israel-Hamas hostage deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he plans to leave for the Middle East sometime on Sunday, after Israel and Hamas reached a deal to release hostages held in Gaza. Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on ...
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Ecuador’s Noboa faces escalating protests over rise in diesel costs

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Nearly three weeks of striking bus drivers and roadblocks by angry farmers in response to the government’s increase of diesel fuel costs have put Ecuador President Daniel Noboa in one of the tensest moments of his presidency. With no signs of ...
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At a key moment in talks that led to the Gaza ceasefire deal, Trump refused to take no for an answer

WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of gridlock, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza came together in a matter of days after a deft maneuver — or perhaps a misunderstanding — by President Donald Trump that boxed in the two adversaries. Either way, efforts to wind down ...
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Hail of gunfire interrupts key meeting of Haiti’s leaders trying to fend off gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday after Haiti’s leaders made the rare and defiant decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the retaking of an area long controlled by powerful gangs. There were no immediate reports of ...
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The Media Line: Thousands Gather in Tel Aviv To Mark 2 Years Since October 7 Massacre and Call for Hostages’ Return 

Thousands Gather in Tel Aviv To Mark 2 Years Since October 7 Massacre and Call for Hostages’ Return  By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line  Two years after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre, thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Monday night to honor the victims in a ...
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Belgium says it thwarted terror cell aiming to target politicians

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The Belgium federal public prosecutor’s office said on Thursday that it had thwarted a terror cell that was aiming to target the country’s politicians, and Belgian newspapers said Prime Minister Bart de Wever was among the intended targets. “There are indications that the ...
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Pro-Gaza flotilla charity says Israel blocking aid to be sent via Jordan

ROME (Reuters) -Israel is blocking 250 tons of aid for Gaza, including food, medical supplies and educational material, because of disagreements over its content, an Italian charity involved in last month’s international flotilla said on Thursday. Italy’s Music for Peace NGO said it collected large ...
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