VENEZUELA: President Maduro bars opposition from next year”s vote
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that the country’s main opposition parties will be banned from taking part in next year’
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Explosion rocks major New York commuter hub
A man with a homemade bomb strapped to his body set off an explosion at a New York commuter hub during rush hour on Monday, injuring himself and three
EU rebuffs Netanyahu on Jerusalem
The EU’s foreign policy chief says there is “full EU unity” in support of Jerusalem becoming the capital of both Israel and a future
Putin visits Syria airbase, orders start of pull-out
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, during an unannounced visit there on Monday. Mr Putin was me
AFRICAN UNION: AU warns of threat by returning IS fighters
Up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq and Syria could return home, and threaten the continent’s secu