Tear gas and rocks flew in San António del Táchira, near Venezuela’s border with Colombia on Saturday. Protesters were faced with riot police who stopped international aid from entering the country. On the other side of the border, in Cúcuta, Colombia, opposition leader Juan Guaidó, wanted to ensure aid entered Venezuela. He said, “We ask […] Read more
Television host and survival guru Bear Grylls faces a possible fine for “violations” made during the filming of an episode of ‘Running Wild in Bulgaria’, the country’s environment ministry has said. In a statement released on Thursday, the ministry said it found “breaches to the regulations and rules of conduct in protected areas: entering and […] Read more
By Philip Whiteside Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he sees the chance to invest $100bn in India as he meets prime minister Narendra Modi. India’s PM Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia’s crown prince says his country is ready to share intelligence with India, a day […] Read more
Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi listens during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan August 20, 2018 Pakistan’s foreign minister appealed to the U.N. Secretary General on Tuesday to help ease tension with India that has escalated sharply following a suicide bomb attack in the Indian part of disputed Kashmir, […] Read more
By Rachel Scott The time has come for our European partners to stand with us,” Pence said.. Vice President Mike Pence urged European nations Thursday to follow the U.S. in withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, and said that America could impose tougher sanctions on the Iranian regime. “The so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) […] Read more
By Alexander J Martin It is unclear whether the web giant or Kremlin officials have backed down to avoid a looming conflict. Roskomnadzor has sent repeated requests to Google requiring it to route Russian citizens’ web searches through a government filtering system. However, the head of the regulator, Alexander Zharov, told state-owned news agency TASS […] Read more
Good morning, Europe. Today we’re watching: Spain election: In a speech on Friday morning, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a general election would be held in Spain on April 28. The announcement came following a budget defeat in Parliament on Wednesday. Trump to declare emergency over wall: US President Donald Trump will declare a […] Read more
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has reservations about a tentative federal spending deal, but he does not think parts of the government will shut down for the second time since December. The president did not immediately commit to signing the agreement reached late Monday to prevent a partial government closure this weekend. “The answer […] Read more
By Aubrey Allegretti Theresa May told MPs to ‘hold our nerve’. Pic: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor The prime minister urges her Conservative backbenchers to get behind her at this “crucial stage” in talks as the clock ticks down. Theresa May has told MPs to “hold our nerve” to force the EU to renegotiate a critical element […] Read more
By: Michael Safi India’s railways minister has been mocked for sharing a video of the country’s first locally built fast train – using footage that had been sped up to twice its normal speed. Piyush Goyal posted the video of the Vande Bharat Express on his official Twitter and Facebook accounts on Sunday. It’s a bird…It’s […] Read more
