The release of around 35 political prisoners comes amid closer cooperation between Washington and the interim government. from World News https://ift.tt/MN0RzjT
Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security forces. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/YHxW3db
Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa was among several high-profile political prisoners freed on Sunday, marking the latest effort from the government to satisfy US demands for the release of all those held for arbitrary or political reasons. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/vV42Ekt
The progressive People’s Party was leading in surveys conducted before Sunday’s election but the country has a history of overturning voters’ will. from World News https://ift.tt/YnT9Mie
In travel news this week: the world’s most expensive rice, trouble at Rome’s Trevi Fountain, plus how the hotel bathroom door situation has gotten out of hand. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/iTr5uBZ
Our sports correspondent Tariq Panja talks with Katrin Bennhold about the security at the Olympics in Italy, including the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who the U.S. says are there only in an advisory role. from World News https://ift.tt/n3LX7I5
Middle Eastern diplomats see a chance for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program but have slim hopes for progress on other U.S. demands. from World News https://ift.tt/lTU2KyF
The deal reduces reciprocal tariffs and expands quotas for key trading goods, including Argentine beef — a flashpoint for American ranchers. from World News https://ift.tt/HutZTW2
Cuba is ready for “meaningful” dialogue with the United States but it is not willing to discuss changing its government, the Cuban deputy foreign minister told CNN on Wednesday, in comments that come as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on the island with talk of regime change. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/Cs13JzQ
Tate McRae’s promotional video for NBC, in which she name checks Team USA athletes, has drawn the ire of some Canadians as the country’s relationship with the United States hits new lows. from World News https://ift.tt/dYmptZ8
Experts are reaching to divine the president’s approach to global policy and economics, with one theory seeing antecedents in centuries-old dynastic rule. from World News https://ift.tt/mhc50CT
Six months ago, Anne Ndarua’s only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he’s alive. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/YNVItDf
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been killed in an apparent assassination at his home in the city of Zintan in northwestern Libya, the head of his political team said on Tuesday. He was 53. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/OIlrUbL