Machado claimed that her close ally had been "kidnapped" in the capital Caracas by armed men "dressed in civilian clothes" who took him away by force

A glitch with an alarm in January forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster

Washington's focus is on Zambia, Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Maxwell, currently serving 20 years in prison for trafficking girls to the disgraced financier Epstein, will face questions from prison via videolink

Rights groups condemned a 20-year prison term handed to Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai on Monday, calling it "effectively a death sentence" and a grave injustice.

The outcome gives Japan's first female premier a strong mandate to implement her conservative agenda

At least 51 people have been kidnapped and three killed in attacks over the past three days in four different villages in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State, security forces said Saturday.

Thais voted yesterday in an election where progressive reformists were the runaway opinion poll leaders but the incumbent conservative prime minister is expected to end up retaining his position, extending the country’s political stand-off.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party was set to secure a big majority in Japan’s lower house in an election yesterday, public broadcaster NHK forecast, based on exit polls.

Iran will never surrender the right to enrich uranium, even if war “is imposed on us”, its foreign minister said yesterday, defying pressure from Washington.

A senior Hamas leader said yesterday that the Palestinian Islamist movement would not surrender its weapons nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza, pushing back against US and Israeli demands.

To be exiled for two years to the city of Khosf in the eastern province of South Khorasan, says lawyer

France’s Financial Prosecutor is investigating Jack Lang and his daughter for alleged tax fraud

The company is located in Shanyin County, about 400 kilometres west of Beijing

The Washington Post said Saturday its CEO and publisher Will Lewis was leaving effective immediately

Voting opened Sunday in a Thai general election pitting the popular reformists who came first last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi yesterday said he hoped talks with the United States would resume soon, while reiterating Tehran’s red lines and warning against any American attack.

Former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton are calling for their congressional testimony on ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be held publicly to prevent Republicans from politicising the issue.

US President Donald Trump moved Friday to lift an additional 25 percent tariff he imposed on goods from India over its purchases of Russian oil -- a step to implement a trade deal announced this week.

The United States wants Ukraine and Russia to end their nearly four-year war by June, and has offered to host talks between the two sides in Florida next week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.