Venezuela opposition leader Guaido appears at aid concertDefying orders banning him from leaving Venezuela, opposition leader Juan Guaido made a surprise appearance at the end of star-studded aid concert in neighboring Colombia, joining thousands of other V...
‘Abused’ Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong risk deportationTwo Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong say chronic physical abuse by male family members prompted them to flee the kingdom, where they now fear they will be forcibly returned. The siblings are the lat...
Haiti police fire rubber pellets at mourners as protests resumeHaitian police wary of renewed unrest after days of nationwide protests fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Friday to disperse about 200 protesters and mourners carrying the casket of a man killed la...
Sudan’s Bashir declares state of emergency, dissolves governmentSudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country's biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declared a one-year state of emergency on Friday and called on parliament to postpone...
Muslims pray in banned area of Al-Aqsa for first time since 2003For the first time since 2003, Muslim worshippers broke an Israeli ban and offered Friday prayers in the Bab Al-Rahmeh prayer hall, which is part of the Haram Al-Sharif/Al-Aqsa Mosque. Hundreds of Pal...
Australia confirms Wikileaks’ Assange has valid passportAustralia has confirmed that Julian Assange has a valid passport, a key development for the Wikileaks founder, who fears that Ecuador seeks to end his asylum in its London embassy and extradite him to...
Marshall Islands consider radical measures to survive rising sea levelsThe far-flung Marshall Islands needs to raise its islands if it is to avoid being drowned by rising sea levels, President Hilda Heine has warned. Plans are underway for national talks on which of the...
Russia accuses US of planning to arm the opposition in VenezuelaRussia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday accused the United States and its NATO allies of discussing how to arm the opposition in Venezuela and alleged Washington was deploying special forces an...
US charges two of El Chapo’s sons with drug traffickingTwo sons of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman -- both on the run in Mexico -- have been charged with drug trafficking by US authorities, the Department of Justice said Thursday. Joaquin G...
Second time lucky? Nigeria prepares for rescheduled voteNigeria makes a second attempt to hold presidential and parliamentary elections this weekend, after a last-gasp postponement that angered voters and stoked the political temperature. The Independent N...