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Venezuela to free 300 prisoners this week, top lawmaker says
May 19 (Reuters) - The head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, on Tuesday said that 300 prisoners will be released from jail between Monday and Friday. The group is set to include thre...
May 19, 2026
US voices alarm over Bolivia unrest as protests spread nationwide
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said on Tuesday he spoke with Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and was very concerned about escalating u...
May 19, 2026
Banks close branches in tense Bolivia, diplomats call for calm
LA PAZ, May 19 (Reuters) - Banks temporarily closed branches in Bolivia's capital La Paz on Tuesday as escalating anti-government unrest sounded alarms and foreign diplomats called for calm. Demonstra...
May 19, 2026
US nuclear power pact with Saudi Arabia lacks strict guardrails, letter says
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - A proposed U.S. pact with Saudi Arabia on its development of nuclear power lacks the strictest guardrails that Democratic lawmakers had urged, accordi...
May 19, 2026
DOJ to make announcement on Wednesday related to 1996 Cuba incident
May 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said it will make an announcement in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday in conjunction with a ceremony to honor the victims of a 1996 incident in which Cuban m...
May 19, 2026
Exclusive-US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources say
By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Landay and Andrew Gray WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is planning to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military ca...
May 19, 2026
Rubio to visit Sweden for NATO meeting, then India
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Sweden for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers this week where he will discuss the need for "greate...
May 19, 2026
Senator Bolsonaro says he met with disgraced Brazilian banker after arrest
BRASILIA, May 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro acknowledged on Tuesday that he met in person with banker Daniel Vorcaro after the owner of failed lender Banco Master was arrested last...
May 19, 2026
US probe into strike on Iran girls' school near conclusion, US admiral says
By Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. military investigation into a strike at a girls' school in Iran has been "complex" given that it was located on an active Ir...
May 19, 2026
Vance says US troop deployment to Poland has been delayed
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday told reporters that a U.S. troop deployment to Poland had been delayed, but added it was not accurate to say that the troops were bein...
May 19, 2026
