Venezuela’s constituent assembly head calls on supporters to rally by presidential palace
Diosdado Cabello, the head of Venezuela’s pro-government constituent assembly, called on supporters of President Nicolas Maduro to rally at the presidential palace after opposition leader Juan Guaido said troops had joined him to oust Maduro.
Venezuela’s defense minister says armed forces remain with Maduro
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Tuesday that the armed forces remained “firmly in defense” of the “legitimate” government of President Nicolas Maduro, after opposition leader Juan Guaido said he had the military’s support.
Sudan’s military rulers: ‘We are ready to negotiate but no chaos after today’
Sudan’s military rulers said they were ready to negotiate with the opposition over the political future of the country but there should be no further unrest beyond Tuesday, a reference to protests disrupting trains and bridges.
Sudanese women at forefront of protests after years of oppression
Mervat al-Neel was one of the many women whose protests helped bring down Sudanese autocrat Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Now she is standing up to the generals who replaced him.
Venezuela says it is confronting small group of traitors attempting coup
Venezuela’s government is confronting a small group of “military traitors” that are seeking to promote a coup, Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said on Tuesday on Twitter.
Refugees should not have to pay fee to seek asylum: U.N.
The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday that seeking asylum was a fundamental right and that people lodging applications should not be made to pay a fee, as proposed by the Trump administration.
Deadly encounters: the night the Indian army arrived in a village in south Kashmir
Hundreds of Indian soldiers descended on the picturesque village of Pinglan, which is surrounded by south Kashmir’s apple and apricot orchards, just before midnight on February 17.
Human rights and the law in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Both the United Nations and the International Criminal Court consider the way civilians said they were used by the Indian army to search houses in south Kashmir to be illegal under international law, experts said.
Spain’s Ciudadanos says it will play responsible role as opposition
The leader of Ciudadanos, the third-biggest group in parliament after Spain’s election, said on Tuesday the party will not form a coalition with the winning Socialists but intends to play a responsible role in opposition.
Scotland’s Glasgow airport operational after security alert on easyJet flight
Glasgow airport briefly suspended all flights on Tuesday after a report of a security alert on an inbound easyJet flight from London Gatwick.
