Peru's President Dina Boluarte gives a press conference with foreign media at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Jan 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) Peru withdrew its ambassador to Honduras, Jorge Raffo, due to Honduras' "unacceptable interference" in the internal affairs of Peru, the South American nation's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The step is […]
Riot policemen take position during a protest against the government of Dina Boluarte asking for her resignation and the closure of Congress, in Lima on Jan 24, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) The Organization of American States' permanent council expressed its "full support" for Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday, following weeks of anti-government protests that […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as he gives a joint statement with Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez on Jan 23, 2023. (GUSTAVO GARELLO / AP) BUENOS AIRE – Brazil and Argentina are in early talks to establish a shared unit of value for bilateral trade […]
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on Jan 20, 2023. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight insurgents […]
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on Jan 20, 2023. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight insurgents […]
French President French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Camp des Milles memorial site in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, Dec 5, 2022. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON / POOL VIA AP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he was awaiting clarifications from Burkina Faso's transitional President Ibrahim Traore about reported demands for the departure […]
Riot police takes position during a protest against the government of President Dina Boluarte, in Lima on Jan 20, 2023. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – Tensions flared again in Peru on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in capital Lima in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the country. Police officers used tear […]
Former US president Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov 15, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) A federal judge on Thursday ordered former US president Donald Trump and his attorneys to pay more than $937,000 in sanctions for suing former secretary of state Hillary […]
Former US president Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov 15, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) A federal judge on Thursday ordered former US president Donald Trump and his attorneys to pay more than $937,000 in sanctions for suing former secretary of state Hillary […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) and the President of the European Council Charles Michel arrive to give a press conference following talks in Kyiv on Jan 19, 2023. (SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday held talks with visiting President of the European Council Charles Michel to discuss cooperation between […]
Police use tear gas during the 'Take over Lima' march to demonstrate against Peru's President Dina Boluarte, following the ousting and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru Jan 19, 2023. (SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA / REUTERS) LIMA – Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country's heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the […]
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with trade union representatives at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 18, 2023. (ADRIANO MACHADO / REUTERS) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday his intelligence services had failed on Jan 8, when Brasilia buildings were stormed by […]
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (on the screen) on Jan 17, 2023 at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin. (WOLFGANG KUMM / POOL / AFP) KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he discussed defense issues with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during the meeting […]
In this Aug 10, 2022 file photo, former US president Donald Trump waves as he departs Trump Tower in New York. (JULIA NIKHINSON / AP) NEW YORK – A New York judge on Friday sentenced Donald Trump's namesake real estate company to pay a $1.61 million criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to […]
Demonstrators carry mockup coffins during a protest to demand the dissolution of Congress and democratic elections, rejecting Dina Boluarte as Peru's president, after the ouster of leftist President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru, Jan 12, 2023. (ALESSANDRO CINQUE / REUTERS) LIMA – Peru's attorney general has launched 11 inquiries to identify those responsible for more […]
A demonstrator reacts before security forces as people protest demanding the dissolution of Congress and democratic elections, in rejection of Dina Boluarte as Peru's president, after the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru, Jan 12, 2023. (SEBASTIAN CASTANEDA / REUTERS) LIMA – Thousands took to the streets of Peru's capital Lima on Thursday […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (center) leaves an African National Congress national executive committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec 5, 2022. (JEROME DELAY / AP) JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday pledged to address energy challenges and enhance efforts to fight against crime and corruption. Ramaphosa, also president of the African […]
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (left) speaks with some of the 46 Ivorian soldiers who were arrested in July and then pardoned in Mali at Abidjan airport on Jan 07, 2023. (SIA KAMBOU / AFP) ABIDJAN – Forty-six Ivorian soldiers recently pardoned by Mali's junta flew home to Cote d'Ivoire's Abidjan airport on Saturday after around […]
Demonstrators block the Desaguadero Border Crossing Point between Bolivia and Peru during a protest following the ouster of Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo, in Desaguadero, Peru, Jan 6, 2023. (CLAUDIA MORALES / REUTERS) LIMA – Dozens of protesters attempted to take over an airport near Peru's border with Bolivia Friday as part of anti-government protests, […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with senior military officers in Moscow, Russia on Dec 21, 2022. (VADIM SAVITSKY / SPUTNIK / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) MOSCOW/WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the country's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to start a 36-hour truce along the entire […]