Barranquilla, Colombia — A flamboyant U.S.-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s polarizing presidential runoff Sunday, swinging the country hard right and sparking violent protests. With almost all the ballots counted, Abelardo de la Espriella held … Read More
On Friday evening, President Donald Trump announced that US forces had killed the head of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, in an air strike. In doing so, one of the hemisphere’s more notorious crime bosses … Read More
WARSAW, June 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. will give Poland a new $4 billion loan from the Foreign Military Financing programme, U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno said on Friday during the inaugural flight of … Read More
The U.S. has imposed new sanctions on Cuba in the Trump administration’s latest move to ramp up pressure on the Communist-led Caribbean island, which is already facing fuel shortages and an economy in free fall. The fresh sanctions are set … Read More
The U.S. has imposed new sanctions on Cuba in the Trump administration’s latest move to ramp up pressure on the Communist-led Caribbean island, which is already facing fuel shortages and an economy in free fall. The fresh sanctions are set … Read More
JOHANNESBURG, June 4 (Reuters) – South Africa will send envoys to other African countries and around the world after a spate of xenophobic attacks targeting immigrants from other nations on the continent, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday. Ramaphosa made … Read More
The suspected perpetrator, a 31-year-old Swiss national, was arrested. The three victims of the attack were receiving hospital care, according to local police. A knife attack at a Swiss train station that left three people injured was an act of … Read More
Good morning. This is Mared Gwyn, writing in the early hours from Brussels. Even earlier this morning, EU lawmakers and diplomats agreed to implement the controversial trade agreement concluded last summer with the US, after hours of late-night talks in … Read More
U.S. invited all NATO allies to join Washington-led maritime security initiative The U.S. has invited all NATO allies to join a Washington-led maritime security initiative in the Strait of Hormuz as Britain and France move ahead with their own effort … Read More
Mali is experiencing a major escalation in violence, with jihadist groups advancing and the defense minister assassinated. The crisis threatens to destabilize the Sahel region. Mali has seen an unprecedented advance by armed groups in recent days, and among the … Read More