Guinea's former President Moussa Dadis Camara, who is accused of responsibility for the 2009 massacre and mass rape of pro-democracy protesters by forces linked to a former military junta, talks during his trial in Conakry, Guinea September 28, 2022. (SOULEYMANE CAMARA / REUTERS) CONAKRY — Guinea's ex-military leader Moussa Dadis Camara on Monday denied charges […]
A supporter of ousted president Pedro Castillo clashes with police during a protest in Lima, Peru, Dec 8, 2022. (FERNANDO VERGARA / AP) LIMA – Peru's former president Pedro Castillo faced a first court hearing on Thursday over his arrest on charges of rebellion and conspiracy, as his successor issued her first pronouncements from the […]
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party, Dec 6, 2022, in Atlanta. (JOHN BAZEMORE / AP) ATLANTA – Democrat Raphael Warnock won re-election to the US Senate in a hard-fought Georgia runoff on Tuesday, strengthening his party's razor-thin majority as he fought off a challenge by Republican former football star Herschel […]
Natasa Pirc Musar addresses the media after the majority of votes are counted, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Nov 13, 2022. (DARKO BANDIC / AP) LJUBLJANA – Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia's presidential election on Sunday and will become its first female head of state, preliminary results showed. Pirc Musar, 54, […]
Former French prime minister and mayor of Le Havre Edouard Philippe arrives for the inauguration ceremony of French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee palace in Paris, France on May 7, 2022. (LEWIS JOLY / AP) PARIS / THE HAGUE / MOSCOW – Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will appear before the Court of […]
Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed on Aug 26, 2022. (JON ELSWICK / AP) WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday finished examining documents seized in the raid of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence […]
The cortege carrying the coffin of former Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos arrives at his state funeral at the Praca da Republica in Luanda on Aug 28, 2022. (JULIO PACHECO NTELA / AFP) LUANDA – Amid post-election tensions, Angola held a funeral on Sunday for long-serving ex-leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 19, 2017, former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos acknowledges the crowd during the closing campaign rally in Luanda. (MARCO LONGARI / AFP) LUANDA – Tchize dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, will appeal against the Spanish court's decision to deliver the corpse […]
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the self-defense committees, the so called "peasant patrols" who act as law-and-order enforcers in parts of rural Peru, at the Government Palace in Lima on Aug 10, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – The governments of Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia […]
Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro celebrates at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, on June 19, 2022 after winning the presidential runoff election on June 19, 2022. (DANIEL MUNOZ / AFP) BOGOTA – Gustavo Petro will on Sunday become Colombia's first leftist president, elected by voters who hope he can carry out ambitious social and […]
Peru's President Pedro Castillo and wife Lilia Paredes wave during a ceremony to receive ambulances donated by Japan at the government palace in Lima, Peru, on July 21, 2022. (MARTIN MEJIA / AP PHOTO) LIMA – Peru's attorney general has opened a new probe of President Pedro Castillo, a day after the country's former interior […]
This combination of pictures created on July 14, 2022 shows the five candidates running to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Britain's prime minister. From left: Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, former finance minister Rishi Sunak,Conservative MP Olukemi Badenoch, Conservative politician Tom Tugendhat, and International Development Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Penny […]
Supporters of Brazilian presidential pre-candidate for the leftist Workers Party, former president (2003-2010) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, attend a campaign rally in Diadema, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on July 9 2022. (NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) SAO PAULO – A local official from Brazil's leftist opposition Workers' Party was shot dead on Saturday by a […]
This file photo taken on Dec 27, 2018 shows Brazil's Military Commander Walter Souza Braga Netto (Center) speaks during a ceremony at the Palacio Duque de Caxias in Rio de Janeiro to mark the end on Dec 31 of the federal and military intervention for public security in the city. (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) […]