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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for massive protests [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters] Hundreds of opposition and pro-government protesters are rallying in Venezuela on Wednesday, a day after opposition leader Juan Guaido called for the military to oust President Maduro. “Across all of Venezuela, we will be in the streets,” Guaido tweeted early on Wednesday. The US-backed self-declared […]

U.S. President Donald Trump REUTERS US President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, which would levy US sanctions against members of the international organisation, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. The White House has directed its diplomatic and national security officials to work on a […]

©  Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko;  Sputnik / Sergey Guneev President Vladimir Putin said the suggestion by Ukraine’s president-elect to give Ukrainian citizenship to Russians “suffering from an authoritarian regime” is “a good thing,” which would only bring the kindred nations closer. The Russian president and his soon-to-be Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky have been engaged in a […]

One of two men suspected of spying for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Turkey has committed suicide in prison, state media has said. Turkey’s Haberturk news website first carried the report on Monday, with senior journalist Cetiner Cetin, who broke the story, saying the suspect hanged himself in Silivri prison on Sunday. The suspect’s death was […]

Aerial view of Bung Karno stadium as smog covers Jakarta ahead of Asian Games, Indonesia, July 27, 2018. (Reuters Photo) Indonesia’s decades long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta. Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro says […]

File image of deputies in Spain’s Congress. Photo: AFP The new batch of MPs to take their seats in Spain’s Congress will include more women than ever before – almost but not quite as many as men. With all the votes counted on Monday morning, it is now clear that 46.8 percent of elected members […]

President Donald Trump told reporters he would “hold a very positive rally instead” of attending the “so boring” White House Correspondents’ Dinner. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images   President Donald Trump was exactly where he wanted to be Saturday night — far away from Washington and the gala of journalists who cover his administration. As the […]

April 28, 2019 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s opposition and military council agreed to form a joint transitional authority but failed to define its tasks or the representation of each side. The Freedom and Change forces and the military council held two meetings on Saturday to discuss the formation of the transitional institutions, in line with an […]

A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-214ON at Ramenskoye Airport in Moscow region. ©  Wikipedia / Oleg Belyakov A Russian Tu-214ON Spy plane has reportedly made a reconnaissance tour over the southwestern US, taking a glimpse at an array of military bases as well as nuclear and chemical weapons depots as part of the Open Skies treaty. The […]

Soldiers evacuate an injured child after the raid on suspected Easter bombers in Kalmunai [AFP] The bodies of 15 people, including six children, have been discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka. A police spokesman on Saturday said three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead […]