
The United States imposed sanctions Tuesday on seven Venezuelans including the owner of news network Globovision for allegedly plundering billions of dollars from the crisis-hit country through black-market currency exchanges. Days before President Nicolas Maduro is to be sworn in for a new term after a controversial re-election, the Treasury ...

Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said Tuesday, moving into an area once held by US-backed Kurdish forces. Russian forces are acting in support of Syrian Army troops who recently deployed around Manbij, in Aleppo province near the border with Turkey. Kurdish ...