Three Americans detained in China were released after the Biden administration negotiated a prisoner swap.
Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung are on their way back to the US, a spokesperson for the National Security Council (NSC) said in a (...)
The United States has formally recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as the country's president-elect following the disputed July 28 presidential election, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday on X.
"The Venezuelan (...)
Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the (...)
Argentine delegates at the COP29 United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, have been ordered to withdraw from negotiations and return home, according to a source at the country's foreign ministry.
The delegates took part in the first two (...)
A Malaysian businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his role in the US Navy's biggest corruption scandal and for skipping a previous sentencing hearing.
Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard", pleaded guilty in 2015 to bribing (...)
RIYADH — Brazilian star Neymar Jr. was forced to exit Al Hilal's AFC Champions League match against Iran's Esteghlal due to a muscle injury, a setback that left him visibly frustrated.
Neymar, who was introduced as a substitute for Abdullah Al (...)
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro was welcomed as a guest by Vladimir Putin — but he left empty-handed
CARACAS — Venezuela has criticized Brazil's decision to veto its admission to the Brics group of emerging economies.
Venezuela's foreign ministry (...)
Millions of Cubans are currently without electricity following a prolonged outage at the island's main power plants.
Reports indicate that a malfunction at the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant in Matanzas on Friday left most of Cuba in (...)
RIYADH — The Council of Ministers highlighted on Tuesday the political and humanitarian endeavors being exerted by Saudi Arabia to address the current critical situations in the Gaza Strip as well as in Lebanon.
The Cabinet session, chaired by Crown (...)
NEW YORK — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan held separate talks with foreign ministers of Canada and Venezuela in New York on Saturday. The meetings were held on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General (...)
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has said he was "forced" to recognize President Nicolás Maduro as the winner of July's disputed election before being allowed to seek asylum in Spain.
In a video message, González said Maduro's aides (...)
Venezuela announced Saturday the arrest of six foreign nationals accused of plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello confirmed the arrests at a news conference in Caracas, identifying the suspects as three (...)
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has vowed to "continue to fight" for democracy in his own country, after being granted asylum in Spain.
González left Venezuela on Saturday, having spent weeks in hiding at the Spanish embassy in (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers called on the international community to activate serious mechanisms to hold Israeli officials accountable for the ongoing violations of international laws, norms and resolutions. The weekly session of the (...)
Venezuela's opposition party has called for protests to be held worldwide on 17 August in support of its claim to have won the country's presidential election.
President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner by the government-controlled electoral (...)
The United States has said "it is clear" that President Nicolas Maduro lost the popular vote in Venezuela's election last week, as a key opposition leader said she is in hiding in fear for her life.
"Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to (...)
Fresh protests have broken out in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after the disputed result of the country's presidential election.
Thousands gathered in the city center to show their opposition to President Nicolas Maduro's claim of victory.
Many (...)
Security forces in Venezuela have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting Sunday's disputed election result.
Thousands of people descended on central Caracas on Monday evening, some walking for miles from slums on the mountains (...)
President Nicolás Maduro has won Venezuela's presidential election, according to partial results published by the electoral council. The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, who is a close ally of Maduro, said that with 80% (...)
People in Venezuela are heading to polling stations on Sunday to elect a new president.
Over 21 million registered voters in the South American country can cast their ballots between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time (1000-2200GMT).
The main contest (...)
A powerful hurricane has hit Jamaica with heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island.
Beryl - a category four storm with winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) - struck the island's southern coast.
Photos on social (...)
Bolivian police have arrested the leader of an attempted coup, hours after the presidential palace in the capital La Paz was stormed by soldiers.
Armored vehicles and troops had taken up position on Murillo Square where key government buildings are (...)
After his employer implemented a return-to-office policy last year, Jin Bian decided to cut down his one-hour commute time by purchasing a house closer to the office in Tampa, Florida. Then, he was told the purchase might get him prison time.
"That (...)
Spain's cabinet has approved measures to scrap the country's so-called golden visa scheme.
It was introduced in 2013 in the wake of a housing market crash and euro currency crisis in a bid to revitalize the property sector and granted residency (...)
British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a smuggling speedboat
The Royal Navy has seized nearly £17m worth of drugs after it intercepted smuggling speedboats in the Caribbean Sea.
Across two operations, HMS (...)
