High-school drop out to big time crime boss, Venezuela’s ‘Nino Guerrero’
The Tren de Aragua leader killed in a US-Venezuelan raid was a high school dropout who lived in comfort behind bars as he transformed a...
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Two drones from Lebanon strike northern Israel: Military
The Israeli military said two drones, suspected to have been launched by militant group Hezbollah from Lebanon, struck northern Israel on Sunday but caused no...
Mediator Pakistan expects US-Iran deal within 24 hours
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government has mediated between Iran and the United States to end their war, said on Saturday a peace deal...
UK forces seize suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker in English Channel
British forces have seized a Russian shadow-fleet oil tanker that was trying to transit the English Channel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says. “This successful operation...
Trump says US-Iran peace deal to be signed today, Tehran questions timeline
US President Donald Trump said a deal aimed at ending hostilities between the United States and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, although...
Colombian court suspends right-wing candidate’s slogan ban
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Friday suspended a lower court’s decision to ban hard-right presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella from campaigning with national symbols, including...
‘Narco-terrorist’ the new ‘communist,’
The term “narco-terrorist” has been weaponized just as the word “communist” was in the past, Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu told AFP in...
Iran announces funeral, burial dates for late Supreme Leader Khamenei
The funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4, and he will be buried in his home town...
Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10 million
Can a country put a fixed limit on its population? That is the question Switzerland will be answering on Sunday when voters go the polls...
US kills leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang in airstrike, Trump says
The US military has killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump has announced. “At my direction,...
India FM calls Rubio over Gulf ship attacks
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has called US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in protest after American strikes on three largely Indian-crewed merchant vessels off...
Uganda slams ‘unfair’ Ebola air travel restrictions
Uganda has criticised air travel restrictions imposed by countries including the United States over an Ebola outbreak which has spilt over from the neighbouring Democratic...