Bloomberg Rejecting dialogue with the opposition would be “irrational,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told Nicolas Maduro, less than two weeks after the collapse of negotiations between the Venezuelan leader and his main opponent Juan Guaido. Putin, one of Maduro’s few international allies, didn’t offer any major new financial support to the embattled regime in his public comments at the opening ...

Bloomberg A US airstrike killed 11 suspected IS militants in southern Libya, US Africa Command said, its second reported raid in a week against the extremist group that once controlled a key coastal city. The strike was carried out around the town of Murzuq, the same location where a September 19 attack was assessed to have left eight extremists dead, ...

Bloomberg A private army linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun fighting on the front lines of the Libyan war, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest projection of Russian power following a decisive military intervention in Syria. More than 100 mercenaries from the Wagner group headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as “Putin’s chef” for his ...