CARACAS, (APP/AFP): Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected a proposed constitutional reform to cut short the term of President Nicolas Maduro, according to a written judgment. The court ruled that such an amendment could not be applied retroactively or immediately to Maduro’s current term, as proposed in a bill by opposition lawmakers who blame him […]
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Venezuela court rejects bill to cut president’s term
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Senior UN official arrives Islamabad Wednesday to visit Pakistani side of LoC in Kashmir
UNITED NATIONS, (APP): A senior United Nations official is to begin a four-day trip to Pakistan on Wednesday during which he will visit a field station of the United Nations Military Observer Group on Kashmir on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed region, according to UN sources. Deputy Military […]
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Ethiopia ethnic violence kills 14, aid groups targeted
GAMBELA, Ethiopia, (APP/AFP) – Clashes between different ethnic groups in west Ethiopia have left 14 dead, while UN and MSF offices were targeted by angry protesters, local security service sources said. The violence was sparked after an NGO car with an Ethiopian driver ran over and killed two children from the Nuer ethnic group in […]
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Trump, campaign reject charges he is fooling voters
BRIDGEPORT, United States, (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump and his presidential campaign pushed back Sunday against accusations by rivals in both parties that the celebrity billionaire is a political fraud who has been misleading American voters. The Republican frontrunner’s new senior advisor Paul Manafort raised eyebrows when he told Republican heavyweights at a closed-door meeting that […]
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800 Al-Qaeda fighters killed in Yemen anti-jihad offensive: Arab coalition
RIYADH, (APP/AFP) – More than 800 members of Al-Qaeda were killed in a military offensive against the group in the south of Yemen, the Saudi-led Arab coalition operating in the country said Monday. “The operation resulted… in the death of more than 800 Al-Qaeda members and some of their leaders, while some others fled,” coalition […]
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UN slams N. Korea missile launch, Obama rejects test offer
UNITED NATIONS, United States, (APP/AFP) – The UN Security Council echoed international condemnation Sunday of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test by North Korea, while US President Barack Obama dismissed Pyongyang’s offer of a nuclear moratorium. Saturday’s test, personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un, was the latest in a series of provocative moves by […]