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One Turkish soldier was killed and three were slightly wounded in northern Syria on Tuesday during an attack by the Kurdish YPG militia, Turkey's Defense Ministry said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2PFRgyr

Spain called on Tuesday for peaceful elections and no bloodshed in Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaido said he had begun the "final phase" of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2vtrkwX

Diosdado Cabello, the head of Venezuela's pro-government constituent assembly, called on supporters of President Nicolas Maduro to rally at the presidential palace after opposition leader Juan Guaido said troops had joined him to oust Maduro. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2PA9Qbp

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Tuesday that the armed forces remained "firmly in defense" of the "legitimate" government of President Nicolas Maduro, after opposition leader Juan Guaido said he had the military's support. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Y10ad3

Sudan's military rulers said they were ready to negotiate with the opposition over the political future of the country but there should be no further unrest beyond Tuesday, a reference to protests disrupting trains and bridges. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GWTc37

Mervat al-Neel was one of the many women whose protests helped bring down Sudanese autocrat Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Now she is standing up to the generals who replaced him. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2UPiMKI

The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday that seeking asylum was a fundamental right and that people lodging applications should not be made to pay a fee, as proposed by the Trump administration. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2XSWzO3

Hundreds of Indian soldiers descended on the picturesque village of Pinglan, which is surrounded by south Kashmir's apple and apricot orchards, just before midnight on February 17. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2DGKHH6

Both the United Nations and the International Criminal Court consider the way civilians said they were used by the Indian army to search houses in south Kashmir to be illegal under international law, experts said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Y2i3rZ

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had begun the "final phase" of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him to end Maduro's "usurpation." from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Ldq37C

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had begun the "final phase" of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him to end Maduro's "usurpation." from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2DGwIkD

Venezuela's government is confronting a small group of "military traitors" that are seeking to promote a coup, Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said on Tuesday on Twitter. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WdOrqR

The leader of the Ciudadanos party, Spain's third-biggest after Sunday's national election, said on Tuesday he would not block major international or terrorism-related legislation in parliament. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2DGwGJx