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Among the officials sanctioned by the EU was Maduro-backed opposition legislator Luis Parra (pictured January 2020), who is contesting the leadership of the opposition controlled National Assembly with its president Juan Guaido
World
21.08.2024
Maduro gives EU ambassador 72 hours to leave Venezuela
Former underground communist Lau Man-shing now yearns for democracy for semi-autonomous Hong Kong, and is worried Beijing wants to 'quell resistance for once and for all'
World
21.08.2024
Hong Kong leftist jailed by Britain now fears Beijing's law
A government advertisement (L) promoting China’s national security law is displayed inside an MTR train station in Hong Kong
World
21.08.2024
China passes Hong Kong security law: reports
Jamaica-born Anthony Bryan, one of the victims of the Windrush scandal, remains bitter about his experience
World
21.08.2024
Racism in the UK: the effects of a 'hostile environment'
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The Kurdish regional government, like federal authorities in Baghdad, is struggling to pay public-sector wages this year due to a collapse in oil prices and an economic recession brought on by the pandemic
World 21.08.2024
Iraq virus spike risks pushing strained doctors over the edge
A nurse cares for newborn babies at Kiev's Venice hotel -- dozens born to surrogate mothers were stranded in Ukraine as their foreign parents were unable to collect them for weeks owing to coronavirus border closures
World 21.08.2024
As surrogacy booms, fears Ukraine becoming 'online baby store'
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at a July 2018 summit in Helsinki where Trump controversially acknowledged Putin's denials of election meddling
World 21.08.2024
Once again, US-Russia tensions soar despite Trump
The Democrats' resolution noted Orange County has grown far more diverse since 1979 -- the year John Wayne died, and the airport was named for him
World 21.08.2024
Trump defends John Wayne legacy over airport 'racism' row
Leicester's mayor has argued that the high levels of cases might in part be due to higher levels of testing in the city
World 21.08.2024
UK reimposes lockdown on virus-hit city of Leicester
Salvini struggled to be heard over the heckling from the crowd
World 21.08.2024
Crowd heckles Italy's far-right leader Salvini
Members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, a mostly Shiite network of armed groups trained and armed by powerful neighbour Iran, smash a window at the US embassy in Baghdad in December 2019
World 21.08.2024
Iraq frees pro-Iran fighters held over rocket fire
President Thaci promised to resign if charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity filed by prosecutors last week are confirmed by a special tribunal in The Hague
World 21.08.2024
Kosovo president to resign if war crimes charges confirmed
US President Donald Trump meets North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic June 2018 summit in Singapore
World 21.08.2024
US N.Korea envoy doubts new Trump-Kim summit
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