Cuba urges Colombia, ELN rebels to follow peace talks protocol

Cuba called on the Colombian government and ELN rebels on Friday to follow the protocol of the peace talks it had been hosting and implement measures needed, including security guarantees, to allow 10 ELN leaders in Havana to return to Colombia.

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U.S. pushes U.N. Security Council to back Venezuela's Guaido

The United States is pushing for a United Nations Security Council statement expressing full support for Venezuela's National Assembly as the country's "only democratically elected institution," but Russia is expected to block the move, diplomats said on Friday.

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U.S. set to send first group of asylum seekers back to Mexico

The United States was expected to send a first group of 20 Central American asylum seekers back to Mexico through the border city of Tijuana on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's hardening of longstanding U.S. immigration policy.

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Spanish rescuers find body of toddler trapped in well

Spanish rescuers on Saturday found the dead body of a two-year-old boy who had fallen into a deep narrow well in southern Spain on Jan. 13, a Spanish official said.

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Russia warns against setting deadlines for Libya elections

Setting deadlines for elections in Libya is counterproductive as the political players need to agree first on a political solution to end the country's conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

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France tells Iran new sanctions loom if missile talks fail

France is ready to impose further sanctions on Iran if no progress is made in talks over its ballistic missile program, the French foreign minister said on Friday.

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Exclusive: Refiner Citgo prepares to fend off Venezuela's opposition government

Venezuela's most important foreign asset, its $10 billion U.S. refining arm Citgo Petroleum, is hunkering down to arm itself with a legal strategy to block efforts for its board to be removed and its revenues diverted to an opposition government, sources close to the talks said.

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U.S. says it will exert economic muscle to support Venezuela's Guaido

The U.S. Treasury on Friday signaled it was working to tighten the financial noose on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as it steps up efforts to transfer control of government assets to opposition leader Juan Guaido.

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Vale CEO says some 200 workers missing after dam burst at Brazil mine

Two-thirds of the roughly 300 workers at a Brazilian iron ore mine went missing on Friday after a burst dam sent a torrent of sludge through its cafeteria at lunchtime, the chief executive of the mine's owner, Vale SA, told journalists.

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Former U.S. diplomat Abrams to lead efforts on Venezuela

Former U.S. diplomat Elliott Abrams will lead U.S. efforts on Venezuela, where Washington has recognized an opposition leader as the legitimate president, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro to undergo surgery on Monday, VP takes over

Brazil's new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro will undergo surgery on Monday in Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital to remove a colostomy bag he has had since he was stabbed on the campaign trail last year, his spokesman said on Friday.

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Seven bodies found, some 200 missing in Brazil dam burst: mayor

Brazilian rescuers have found seven bodies of people swept away by a burst tailings dam and more are expected to be found, with about 200 people still missing, Brumadinho Mayor Avimar de Melo Barcelos told TV channel GloboNews on Friday.

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Canadian cops charge minor with terror offense after security raids

The Canadian police said on Friday they had charged a minor with terror-related offences in connection with a pair of national security raids in Kingston, Ontario Thursday night.

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'Lord Jesus, We Trust in Your Great Love': Latin American Christians Cry Out for God's Mercy Over Venezuela

Christians in Venezuela are taking up the fight for the country's future – in prayer.

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Brazil dam collapse: 'Little hope' of finding missing alive

A sea of sludge from the collapse of the mine dam buried a cafeteria where workers were eating.

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Trump accepts deal for temporary end to painful shutdown

Federal agencies will reopen temporarily but there is still no money for the president's border wall.

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Spain Totalán search: Body of missing boy found

The boy, aged two, had fallen into a borehole during a family outing near Málaga nearly two weeks ago.

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Afghanistan's Ghani says 45,000 security personnel killed since 2014

More than 45,000 security personnel have been killed since 2014, President Ashraf Ghani says.

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Macedonia and Greece: Vote settles 27-year name dispute

Greece's parliament narrowly backs an unpopular deal to rename its neighbour North Macedonia.

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India relocates crocodiles at world's tallest statue in Gujarat

Indian officials begin relocating crocodiles from a lake to allow a seaplane service for visitors.

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Roger Stone: Defiant Trump ally rejects Russia probe charges

Political strategist Roger Stone insists the charges are bogus and he will never betray Mr Trump.

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Mexico woman accused of killing newborn child after miscarriage freed

Dafne McPherson was sentenced to 16 years in prison after miscarrying in a department store bathroom.

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Venezuela crisis: Guaidó rejects talks with Maduro

Self-declared leader Juan Guaidó also appeals to the powerful army, after receiving foreign backing.

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Five dead in air collision on France-Italy border

A helicopter and a light aircraft collided in the Italian Alps, killing five people and injuring two.

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Zimbabwe's Mugabe 'lost $1m in stolen briefcase'

State-owned media say cleaners are accused of stealing much more than the $150,000 initially reported.

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