India launches mass evacuation, shuts down ports as cyclone bears down
India began evacuating hundreds of thousands of villagers on Wednesday and shut down operations at two major ports on its east coast ahead of an impending cyclone expected to make landfall on Friday.
South Sudan denies kidnapping, executing prominent critics
South Sudan rejects U.N. allegations its security services kidnapped two prominent government critics exiled in Kenya in 2017, flew them to Juba and days later executed the pair on a farm owned by President Salva Kiir, a government minister said on Wed…
Guaido faces test with call for ‘largest march’ in Venezuela history
Opposition leader Juan Guaido faced a key test of support on Wednesday after calling for the “largest march” in Venezuela’s history to try to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro, even as the military has so far resisted calls to help remove him.
Turkey detains 127 people in Istanbul on May Day
Istanbul police said they detained 127 people on Wednesday for attempting to hold illegal demonstrations in various parts of the city to celebrate May Day.
Russia denies U.S. claim it told Venezuela’s Maduro not to flee
Russia on Wednesday rejected a U.S. allegation it had persuaded Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro not to flee the country the previous day, calling the assertion a calculated attempt to demoralise the army and escalate the crisis there.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says there are fractures in the Venezuelan army
Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said he had received information of fractures within the Venezuelan army that could lead to the “collapse” of the socialist government led by Nicolas Maduro.
Pompeo to speak with Russian counterpart; White House meeting on Venezuela set
The Trump administration turned its attention to Russia’s role in Venezuela on Wednesday, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Moscow of intervening when President Nicolas Maduro was preparing to leave the country.
Stars aligned for Catalan separatists? Not so fast
Cheers rang out and drinks flowed in a Barcelona sports hall on Sunday night as separatists celebrated a victory – the first time a pro-independence party won in Catalonia in a national election since Spain’s return to democracy.
India suspends operations in major east Indian port after cyclone warning
India has suspended operations at a major port on its east coast until an impending cyclone makes landfall on Friday, a port official in the mineral rich eastern state of Odisha said.
Conservatives want Catholic bishops to denounce pope as heretic
A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have urged bishops to denounce Pope Francis as a heretic, in the latest ultra-conservative broadside against the pontiff over a range of topics from communion for the divorced to religious diversity.
