A recap of developments in Venezuela since opposition chief Juan Guaido declared himself acting president in January 2019 and vowed to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office.
The defense ministers of Japan and Vietnam have agreed that the international community should work together to peacefully resolve the issue of the South China Sea. China's military presence is growing in the waters.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced Wednesday to 50 weeks in jail for breaching a British court order seven years ago, when he took refuge in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden.
At least four militants have been killed and three others injured as the security forces' fighting aircraft targeted Taliban hideouts outside Tirin Kot city,
Cyclone Kenneth has killed 41 people in Mozambique, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday. The fatalities came about a month after Cyclone Idai killed more than 600 people in the southern Africa country.
