A Catholic priest held hostage for almost four months by Muslim militants in Marawi city in the southern Philippines says he still believes in inter-religious dialogue despite experiencing horrors that included seeing a fellow captive gunned down in crossfire and another one killed during an airstrike.(BenarNews)
Irish paper production and packaging firmSmurfit Kappa release a statement explaining that one of its production facilities was seized a week earlier on August 21 by theVenezuelan government and its managers were arrested, with the company accused of not setting their prices at government-approved levels and smuggling. It says that the government have taken over operation of the plant.(BBC)
Health officials state that theIraqi city ofBasra has recorded 17,000 infection cases due to water contamination. Acholera outbreak is feared as salinity rates continue to increase in the unprocessed water.(Iraqi News)
The Brazilian government sends armed forces to be stationed along itsVenezuelan border for two weeks, due to a large increase in migrants fromVenezuela.(BBC)
Peru declares a 60-day public health crisis in its northern provinces, with concern of theVenezuelan migrants spreading diseases.(BBC),(Bloomberg)
