CARACAS, (APP/AFP) – Venezuela’s opposition held new protests Monday, seeking to convert widespread anger over food shortages and economic havoc into pressure for a referendum on removing embattled President Nicolas Maduro. Clad in the red, yellow and blue of the Venezuelan flag, hundreds of opposition supporters rallied on a square in eastern Caracas, brandishing messages […]
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Venezuela opposition in new protests for recall vote
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Report says Mexico committed ‘crimes against humanity’
MEXICO CITY, (APP/AFP) – Mexican authorities and a feared gang have committed “crimes against humanity” during the country’s decade-long drug war, a US-based non-governmental organization said Monday. A report by the Open Society Justice Initiative, which seeks to combat human rights abuses around the world, said more than 150,000 people were “murdered intentionally” and thousands […]
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Obama poised to endorse Clinton
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – President Barack Obama edged closer to a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee Monday, with his White House suggesting the next 48 hours would be pivotal. With a series of key primary votes on Tuesday that could see Clinton all but seal the party nomination, the White House […]
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Clinton has delegates to clinch nomination: AP count
LOS ANGELES, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton has received commitments from enough delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a count Monday by the Associated Press, assuring she will be the first female nominee of a major US political party. The former secretary of state reportedly reached the key number one day before six […]
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Suspect arrested over Jordan ‘terror attack’: government
AMMAN, (APP/AFP) – A suspect has been arrested for allegedly carrying out a gun attack Monday that killed five Jordanian intelligence agents at their office at a Palestinian refugee camp, an official said. Government spokesman Mohammed Momani announced the arrest without identifying the accused, adding: “Investigations are under way but early indications are that this […]
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Hindu priest slaughtered in western Bangladesh: police
DHAKA, (APP/AFP) – Unidentified attackers slaughtered a 70-year-old Hindu priest in western Bangladesh on Tuesday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks on minorities by suspected Islamist militants. The body of Ananda Gopal Ganguly was found in a rice field near his home in the village of Noldanga in Jhenidah district, the area’s […]