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Venezuelan opposition hopes for big turnout in protest vote

Venezuelan opposition hopes for big turnout in protest vote

Venezuela’s opposition called for a massive turnout Sunday in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite the…
Head of South Sudan state television arrested: wife

Head of South Sudan state television arrested: wife

The head of South Sudan’s state television has been arrested, his wife told Reuters on Saturday, after failing to carry…
Gunmen attack military bases in Ivory Coast cities Abidjan, Korhogo

Gunmen attack military bases in Ivory Coast cities Abidjan, Korhogo

Gunmen attacked military bases in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan and the northern city of Korhogo in the early…
Singapore protest calls for inquiry over PM’s alleged abuse of power

Singapore protest calls for inquiry over PM’s alleged abuse of power

Around 400 protesters gathered at Singapore’s Speakers’ Corner on Saturday calling for an independent inquiry into whether Prime Minister Lee…
Venezuelan prosecutor seeks conditional release for Utah man

Venezuelan prosecutor seeks conditional release for Utah man

Venezuela’s chief prosecutor on Friday requested the conditional release of a Utah man and his wife detained for over a…
Cuba bounces back from recession in first half of year: minister

Cuba bounces back from recession in first half of year: minister

Cuba’s economy bounced back from recession and expanded an estimated 1.1 percent in the first half of this year, driven…
Trump asks Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling

Trump asks Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling

The US Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block a judge’s ruling that prevented President Donald Trump’s…
China says Nobel laureate cremated and his wife is ‘free’

China says Nobel laureate cremated and his wife is ‘free’

Deceased Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday and his wife is “free,” a government official…
A dozen killed, over 40 wounded in Cameroon suicide bomb attack

A dozen killed, over 40 wounded in Cameroon suicide bomb attack

Two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern Cameroon…
UK police appeal for information after spate of acid attacks

UK police appeal for information after spate of acid attacks

Five linked acid attacks in quick succession by men on mopeds in London left several people injured, British police said…
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