Police in the Pakistani capital have filed charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 17 of his aides and scores of supporters, accusing them of terrorism and several other offenses after the ousted premier’s followers clashed with security forc… ByZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD — Police in the Pakistani capitalContinue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine on Saturday, the day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader accusing him of war crimes. Putin visited an art schoolContinue Reading
Judges at the United Nations’ top court have ordered Azerbaijan to protect all the prisoners it captured during the country’s war last year with neighboring Armenia and to prevent incitement of racial hatred against Armenians ByThe Associated Press December 7, 2021, 3:06 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShareContinue Reading
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has named a former foreign minister as his party’s candidate for a special gubernatorial election in the home state of his predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chávez By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press December 6, 2021, 12:12 AM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmailContinue Reading
BARINAS, Venezuela — About 500 supporters of a Venezuelan gubernatorial opposition candidate who was retroactively disqualified as the vote count showed him ahead in the home state of the late President Hugo Chávez protested Saturday against a decision that has become emblematic of what opponents say are unfair election conditions.Continue Reading
Dozens of Mexican farmers armed with rifles and shotguns have gathered in a pocket of mountain forest in southern Mexico to angrily reject a Supreme Court ruling on a decades-old land dispute ByThe Associated Press November 13, 2021, 5:18 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail thisContinue Reading
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that three pro-democracy activists who called for reform of the monarchy were attempting to overthrow the nation’s system of government with the king as head of state By GRANT PECK Associated Press November 11, 2021, 12:50 AM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare toContinue Reading
OTTAWA — The Canadian military will turn over investigations and prosecutions of sexual misconduct cases to the civilian police and courts, the country’s new defense minister announced Thursday. The announcement came from Anita Anand, a former law professor whose appointment as defense minister last week was widely seen as partContinue Reading
The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule ByThe Associated Press November 3, 2021, 10:42 PM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CARACAS, Venezuela — The International Criminal Court is openingContinue Reading
The Guatemalan government has declared a month-long, dawn-to-dusk curfew and banned pubic gatherings in the northern coastal province of Izabal, following two days of protests against a mining project ByThe Associated Press October 25, 2021, 1:51 AM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article GUATEMALA CITYContinue Reading