Trump signs executive order meant to protect the money from Venezuelan oil

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – President Donald Trump’s new executive order on Venezuelan oil revenue is meant to ensure that the money remains protected from being used in judicial proceedings.

US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country.

Myanmar holds 2nd round of elections amid armed conflict

YANGON (AP) – Myanmar resumed voting Sunday in the second round of its first general election in five years, expanding polling to additional townships, including some areas affected by the civil war between the military government and its armed opponents.

Editorials from New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post

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Nobel Institute says Venezuelan leader Machado can't give Peace Prize to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) – The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump.

Retouched images of Israel's first lady ignite fiery ethics debate

JERUSALEM (AP) – The photos seemed destined for posterity in Israel’s state archives.

Venezuelans across Latin America cautiously watch what comes next

LIMA, Peru (AP) – Almost immediately after U.S. forces deposed Venezuela’s president, officials from Washington to Lima, Peru, began encouraging some of the 8 million Venezuelans who have scattered themselves across the Americas over more than a decade to go home. But that idea had not even crossed the mind of Yanelis Torres.

Kenyan women lost their husbands and then their land. But some are fighting back

SIAYA, Kenya (AP) – Rebecca Anyango stood outside the house she has called home for 26 years, wondering how long it will remain hers.

Video Shows Armed Men Beating a Palestinian in the West Bank

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Dozens of masked men armed with sticks beat and injured a Palestinian in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when they attacked a plant nursery, according to people who saw the attack and video footage obtained by The Associated Press.