The United States has sanctioned Cuban oil and metals company Cubametales for continuing to import crude and other products from Venezuela as part of a broader strategy to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Read Full Article at RT.com
Economists and the Labour Party have voiced concerns over the UK's productivity crisis after fresh figures showed a third straight quarter of decline.
A former leader of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has said the Islamic Republic should consider seizing a British oil tanker in response to authorities detaining an Iranian oil tanker off the coast Gibraltar.
A former police general who oversaw the bloodiest years of the Philippines' war on drugs shrugged off the killing by police of a 3-year-old girl in a sting operation, saying on Thursday the world was not perfect and "s**t happens".
Yoko Ono has opened the Manchester International Festival by leading members of the public in ringing bells for world peace.
Boris Johnson was kept in the dark over some sensitive secret intelligence by Downing Street when he became foreign secretary, according to reports.
