Ecuador’s President says violent protests in the country caused by fuel price rises are ending.
Lenin Moreno told reporters that “areas of violence are being controlled almost totally.”
The elimination of fuel subsidies sparked the Andean oil producer’s worst civil unrest in recent times.
On Thursday Moreno declared a state of emergency after protesters threw stones and put up burning barricades.
Pakistan bombs targets in Afghan cities, minister calls it 'open war'
Pakistan has bombed Taliban government targets in Afghanistan's major cities overnight, officials from both countries said on Friday, with Pakistan's defence minister describing the conflict as "open war".
Hillary Clinton tells panel she has no information on Epstein
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late convicted financier Jeffrey Epstein and had no information to share about his criminal activities.
US, Ukraine discuss post-war reconstruction as Russia pummels grid
Ukrainian and US officials met in Geneva on Thursday for talks on post-war reconstruction despite a deadlock in peace negotiations with Russia, which pounded infrastructure across Ukraine with drone and missile strikes overnight.
Israeli fire kills three people in Gaza as truce deal staggers
An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, the territory's health officials said, and the Israeli military said it killed a rebel who posed a threat to its forces in the south of the enclave.
Cuban forces kill 4 exiles who attacked from Florida speedboat
Cuban forces have killed four exiles and wounded six others who sailed aboard a Florida-registered speedboat on Wednesday and opened fire on a patrol, the government said at a time of heightened tensions with the US.
