South Africa counts votes as Ramaphosa’s ANC looks to retain power
South African elections officials counted ballot papers early on Thursday, a day after a vote seen as the toughest test yet for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party 25 years after it swept to power at the end of white minority rule.
Venezuela’s Guaido says his deputy was detained by intelligence agents
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that intelligence agents had detained his deputy, the first arrest of a lawmaker since Guaido tried to spark a military uprising last week to bring down President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Venezuela’s Guaido says congress vice president has been detained
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that the vice president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly had been detained by authorities from President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Pews and politics: Australian leaders chase elusive Christian vote as election looms
It’s Thursday night training at Father Dave Smith’s boxing academy, opposite the Anglican church in inner-west Sydney he has led for almost 30 years, and he’s working off some frustration ahead of the May 18 federal election.
Blaming government ‘failure’, Britain’s Labour launches European vote campaign
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will urge both pro-EU voters and Brexit supporters on Thursday to vote for his opposition party at this month’s European election, a poll he blamed on the Conservative government’s “complete failure” to steer the cou…
Brazilian court orders former President Temer to be jailed again
A Brazilian court on Wednesday ordered that former President Michel Temer be jailed again over an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption.
U.S. border agents apprehended nearly 100,000 people at southern border in April: data
U.S. border officers apprehended nearly 99,000 people crossing the U.S. southern border in April, the highest figure since 2007, the government said on Wednesday, as Trump administration officials decried what they call a humanitarian and security cris…
South Sudan president says formation of unity government should be delayed a year
The president of oil-rich South Sudan said on Wednesday that the formation of a unity government should be delayed by at least a year, despite a May 12 deadline in a September peace agreement that ended the civil war.
U.N. report finds likely use of armed drone in Libya by Haftar or ‘third party’
United Nations sanctions monitors are investigating likely use of an armed drone by eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces or a supporting “third party” in an attack last month on troops affiliated with Libya’s internationally-recognized government,…
Venezuela’s Supreme Court head rebuffs Pence’s threats of sanctions
Venezuela’s Supreme Court head, Maikel Moreno, on Wednesday rebuffed the U.S. government’s threats to sanction members of his court if they did not reject President Nicolas Maduro’s government and back opposition leader Juan Guaido.
