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World News Briefs -- February 8, 2019
Aid arrives through the guarded entrance to the Tienditas border bridge in Cucuta, which Venezuela has barricaded [Steven Grattan/Al Jazeera]
DW: Venezuela: Maduro rejects humanitarian aid as nation starves
"We're no one's beggars," Maduro said as supplies were being stockpiled along the Colombian border. He has reject calls from a European and Latin American group for fresh elections.
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that he would not allow "fake" humanitarian aid to enter the country. Convoys of food and medicine brought by the US at the request of interim President Juan Guaido have been brought to the Venezuelan-Colombian border.
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MIDDLE EAST
U.S. military aims to withdraw from Syria by April: WSJ.
Kurds in Iraq say US withdrawal from Syria a mistake.
Iran fails to launch second satellite - report.
Iran unveils new ballistic missile.
US vows 'relentless' action to deter Iran missile programme.
Two Palestinian teenagers killed by Israeli live fire in protests, Gaza authorities say.
Kushner to visit Mideast for peace plan push.
NYT: Saudi Crown Prince said he would use 'a bullet' on Khashoggi
ASIA
Trump says he won't meet China's Xi before March 1 deadline.
Next round of US-China trade talks set for Feb 14-15: White House.
Russia ready to offer helping hand in US troop pullout from Afghanistan.
Top US envoy returns to South Korea after North Korea visit.
Princess Ubolratana: Thai royal to stand as PM candidate.
Australian parliament hacked, leaving authorities scrambling to discover who did it.
Measles outbreak in the Philippines kills 55 children since 2019.
AFRICA
Conflict erupts for control of Libya's largest oil field.
South Africa to hold presidential election on May 8.
Suspected jihadists kill 7 in north Mozambique.
Sierra Leone's president declares rape a 'national emergency'.
Morocco suspends participation in Saudi-led war in Yemen.
CAR peace deal calls for truth commission, joint patrols: AFP.
US-China trade tensions could hit African growth: AFDB.
EUROPE
EU adopts French, German compromise on Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Russia.
Germany rejects US extradition of man indicted in 2008 deaths of US servicemembers.
Italy sends mixed signals in historic spat with France.
EU-backed group calls for fresh elections in Venezuela.
China denies 'ridiculous' spying allegations by Lithuania.
Dutch, Russia in talks about responsibility in MH17 downing.
Finland's 'free cash' experiment fails to boost employment.
AMERICAS
Thousands protest to demand Haitian president's ouster.
US aid arrives at Colombia border despite Maduro rejection.
'They have no medicine or food': Venezuela's healthcare crisis.
Uruguay changes posture and calls for elections in Venezuela.
Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro hospitalised with pneumonia.
Brazil set to ban upstream tailings dams after collapse kills hundreds.
U.S. seizes record 3,800 pounds of meth intended for Australia.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
ISIS leader 'survives coup attempt by his own men and places a bounty on the head of foreign fighter behind failed plot to topple him'.
Guantanamo prison looms as option for detained ISIS fighters as US withdraws from Syria.
‘I got cheated. All of us got cheated’: Captured German Isis member says he regrets joining terror group.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Trump official slams cartels as lawmakers push anti-OPEC bill.
Trump likely to sign executive order banning Chinese telecom equipment next week.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer newspaper of blackmail.
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