WASHINGTON, United States - The United States released an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for 10 American detainees and a fugitive dubbed "Fat Leonard" in a sweeping prisoner swap deal between the rival governments Wednesday. Colombian businessman Alex Saab speaks next...
WATERLOO, United States - Former US president Donald Trump, who has come under sharp criticism for attacks on immigrants which some say hark back to Nazi philosophy, says he's never read Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf." Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump...
ROME, Italy - A Pakistani couple was sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court on Tuesday for the 2021 murder of their daughter after she refused an arranged marriage. Saman Abbas, 18, was living in Novellara near Bologna when she disappeared in May 2021, having rejected the previous year her...
NEW YORK, United States - Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing posts that showed human suffering in the Middle East conflict. The board, set up by Meta in 2020 as a supreme court of sorts for the social media titan, overturned two post removal...
MIAMI, United States - A US court on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for his role in the assassination of the Caribbean country's president Jovenel Moise in 2021. Clad in a brown prison uniform, handcuffed and with shackles around his ankles, Joseph Joel John, 52,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - A UN Security Council vote on a resolution calling for a pause to the Israel-Hamas war was postponed again Tuesday, as members wrangled over wording while aid efforts in the Gaza Strip neared collapse. Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour (C), China's...
WASHINGTON, United States - Blue Origin launched its first rocket in more than a year on Tuesday, reviving the US company's fortunes with a successful return to space following an uncrewed crash in 2022. This screen grab taken from a Blue Origin broadcast shows the NS24 rocket blasting off from the...
LOS ANGELES, United States - An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021. Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump leaves...
PARIS, France - A French court on Tuesday sentenced the ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret to life in prison for her role in three murders by her former husband. (FILES) Monique Olivier, ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret, sits in the courtroom during her trial at the assize court in...
WASHINGTON, United States - Vice President Kamala Harris is to launch a nationwide tour to promote reproductive freedoms as Democrats seek to make abortion rights a centerpiece of the 2024 presidential campaign. Harris will kick off the tour in Wisconsin on January 22, the 51st anniversary of Roe...
ROME, Italy - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday urged Israel to take a "much more surgical, clinical and targeted approach" in dealing with Hamas. After talks with his Italian counterpart in Rome, Cameron said Britain was asking Israel to "recognise that they have to minimise...
Filipina-Spanish Alexia Blanco Llacuno is thrilled to be called up and represent the Philippine women’s national football team in future competitions. The 23-year-old’s talent was on full display during the Filipinas’ identification camp led by head coach Mark Torcaso in Orange County,...
