Anger, grief pour out as Spain marks floods anniversary with state funeral
MADRID – Some in solemn silence, others seething with anger, hundreds of relatives of the victims of deadly floods in Spain’s Valencia region flocked to a state funeral presided over…
France concerned about Cameroon violent repression against protests
PARIS – The French government is concerned about the violent repression against post-election protests in Cameroon and called the authorities to guarantee the safety and physical integrity of the country’s…
Two men sentenced to 25 years over Iran-backed plot to kill dissident
Two men convicted of murder-for-hire charges were each sentenced in New York on Wednesday to 25 years in prison over what prosecutors called a failed Tehran-backed plot to kill an…
Young Russian street musicians who played anti-Kremlin songs get more jail time
ST PETERSBURG – A group of young Russian street musicians who went viral on social media for playing banned anti-Kremlin songs received more jail time on Wednesday, as authorities crack…
US fails to make big dent in UN vote calling for end to Cuba embargo
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly called for an end to a U.S. economic embargo on Cuba despite lobbying by Washington that included sharing an accusation that…
Serbia protests demand accountability one year after deadly roof collapse
BELGRADE – Dijana Hrka, 48, whose son was among 16 people killed when the roof of a renovated railway station in Serbia collapsed, is angry with authorities for having held…
Death toll nearly doubles in explosion at Russian military plant last week, local authorities say
MOSCOW – The death toll following an explosion last week at a military plant near the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk has nearly doubled to 23 people, local authorities said…
Ecuador’s crackdown on gangs fractures criminal networks and fuels bloodshed
GUAYAQUIL/QUITO – The death toll of the March shoot-out in several houses in Nueva Prosperina, one of Guayaquil’s most violent neighborhoods, was 22. Read More
Protests in Tanzania’s main city during poll expected to return Hassan to power
Violent protests broke out in Tanzania’s biggest city, Dar es Salaam, on Wednesday during an election President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to win following the disqualification of the leading…
More than 40 bodies seen in street after Rio’s deadliest police operation
RIO DE JANEIRO – More than 40 dead bodies were seen on a street in Rio de Janeiro’s Penha favela complex early on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness, a…