Mexico urges regional bloc not to meddle in Venezuela
LIMA – Mexico’s new leftist government has called on its peers to refrain from interfering in Venezuela’s internal affairs, declining to back a regional declaration that urged Venezuelan President Nicolas…
Spain replaces Italy as Europe’s main destination for migrant crossings
BRUSSELS – Most of the migrants who crossed the Mediterranean to Europe last year arrived in Spain, according to European Union estimates published today, as Italy had the fewest irregular…
Congo cuts internet for second day to avert “chaos” before poll results
KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo’s government cut internet connections and SMS services across the country for a second straight day on Tuesday as the country nervously awaited results from…
Brazil to inaugurate far-right firebrand Bolsonaro president
BRASILIA – Right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro, who has vowed to crack down on political corruption, violent crime and ignite a moribund economy with deregulation and fiscal discipline, will be sworn…
Pope bemoans disjointed world, praises unity over diversity
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, in his first message of the new year, has bemoaned a lack of unity across the world, and warned against a soulless hunt for profit…
UK PM May: Back my Brexit deal and let Britain “turn a corner”
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged lawmakers to back her Brexit deal, promising that it would allow the country to “turn a corner” and let the government…
Bangladesh PM Hasina scores big election win, opposition claims vote rigged
DHAKA – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s alliance has won Bangladesh’s election with a thumping majority, the country’s Election Commission said early today, giving her a third straight term following a…
Brazil moving its embassy to Jerusalem matter of ‘when, not if’: Israel’s prime minister
RIO DE JANEIRO – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has told him that it was a matter of “when, not if” he moves his…
fghanistan to delay presidential election to July: election body
KABUL – Afghanistan’s presidential election will be postponed by three months to July 20 to give authorities more time to organise the ballot, election authorities have announced, following mounting speculation…
Sacked Macron bodyguard defends use of diplomatic passports
PARIS – Emmanuel Macron’s former security aide, who was sacked this summer after his violent conduct fuelled a political scandal, has acknowledged that he was still travelling on a diplomatic…
