The White House on Friday unveiled tough financial sanctions against the Venezuelan regime, banning the trade in new bonds issued by the government and its cash-cow state-run oil company PDVSA. In a move that leverages Washington's vast financial power against Nicolas Maduro's regime,...

Somali forces supported by U.S. troops shot dead 10 Somalis, including three children, in a village near the capital of Mogadishu on Friday, a witness and local officials told Reuters. The involvement of U.S. troops was confirmed by U.S. Africa Command, which offered no further details....

A Swedish court has placed a Syrian asylum-seeker suspected of committing war crimes in Syria in pre-trial detention. The court south of Stockholm jailed 33-year-old Mohammad Abdullah for two weeks Friday and said formal charges should be filed before Sept. 7. The case relates to crimes...

The chief of the Russian military's branch for protection from chemical weapons says his troops have dismantled two chemical weapons facilities in areas freed from militants in Syria. Maj. Gen. Igor Kirillov didn't name the locations, saying only that Russia will provide the data to the...