Colombia says rebels must free 19 captives for peace talks to resume

Colombia's Marxist ELN rebels must free all 19 hostages it holds before President Ivan Duque, who is evaluating peace talks with the group, will resume dialogue, a senior government official said on Friday.

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U.S. halts funding to U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees

The United States on Friday cut funding to a U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees, saying its business model and fiscal practices were an "irredeemably flawed operation."

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Exclusive: U.S. accuses China of 'super aggressive' spy campaign on LinkedIn

The United States' top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down.

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Trump to skip Asia summits in Singapore and Papua New Guinea, to send Pence instead

President Donald Trump will skip summits with Asian leaders in Singapore and Papua New Guinea in November, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place, the White House announced on Friday.

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Asset manager who helped U.S. find tax cheats beats Swiss spy charges

A Swiss asset manager who in 2013 provided U.S. prosecutors with more than 100 files from clients suspected of dodging taxes has been cleared of spying-related charges in his home country, recently published Swiss court documents showed.

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Libya closes Tripoli airport after rockets fired

Libyan authorities closed Tripoli airport on Friday after some rockets were fired in its direction, a spokesman for the state airline Libyan Airlines said.

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U.S. associate of indicted Russian pleads guilty, to cooperate with Mueller

A business partner of Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian indicted by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, pleaded guilty on Friday to failing to register as a lobbyist for a pro-Kremlin political party in Ukraine and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's probe.

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Associate of indicted Russian admits to Trump inaugural ticket scheme

A business associate of Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian consultant indicted by the United States, solicited a U.S. citizen to act as straw purchaser to buy Trump inauguration tickets for a Ukrainian oligarch, court documents showed on Friday.

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Guatemala says won't renew mandate of U.N. anti-corruption body

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Friday his government had decided not to renew the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a U.N.-backed anti-corruption body that has targeted him and his predecessor.

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Brazil's electoral court to decide whether Lula can run

Brazil's top electoral court will open debate on Friday afternoon whether jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be barred from running in this year's presidential election due to a corruption conviction.

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Cafe blast kills pro-Moscow rebel leader in east Ukraine

The leader of Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine was killed on Friday in a blast at a cafe in Donetsk city, the separatist administration said.

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EU states must yield some sovereignty to consolidate arms industry: trade groups

German trade groups said European Union states will have to relinquish some sovereignty to implement German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz's call for mergers in the European defense industry.

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Trump administration to drop funding next week for U.N. body helping Palestinians

The Trump administration will announce a decision within days to cancel funding for a U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees, several people familiar with the decision said on Friday.

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