Venezuela’s envoy to the UN told Anadolu Agency that the people of his country were prepared to resist a possible U.S. military intervention. “We are totally prepared for any military aggression by a foreign country,” said Ambassador Jorge Valero, the permanent representative of Venezuela...

U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran who at times has had a spiky relationship with the Democratic Party, on Saturday added another liberal voice to a burgeoning field of candidates seeking the party’s 2020 presidential nomination. Gabbard, 37, officially launched her...

Nayib Bukele is favorite to win when voters head to the polls in El Salvador on Sunday to elect a new president they hope will lead them away from gang violence, widespread poverty and end three decades of the two-party rule in the country. The 37-year-old former mayor of the capital San...

China's human rights violations against Turkic Uyghur minority in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region -- also referred to as East Turkestan --have been protested across the Chinese Consulates worldwide. The Islamic Community National View (IGMG), one of Germany’s largest Muslim-Turkish...

The Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) will host an international conference at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City on Feb. 8 and 9. The two-day conference, with the participation of world renowned scholars, UN envoys, activists and refugees, will call for accountability and...

Colombia's armed forces clashed Saturday with FARC dissident rebels, killing 10 from the group that split from the 2016 peace process. Army special forces and police launched an operation in Caqueta department, in which a longtime group leader Rodrigo Cadete, 52, was killed. "Another...

The US scrapping of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia could launch a new arms race, but will also allow the United States to update its nuclear arsenal, a publicly stated goal for the past year. President Donald Trump announced Friday the US was suspending its...

Nayib Bukele is favorite to win when voters head to the polls in El Salvador on Sunday to elect a new president they hope will lead them away from gang violence and widespread poverty. The 37-year-old former mayor of the capital San Salvador is hoping to usher in a new era after almost 30...

A major shake-up of Australia's massively profitable banking sector is on the cards as a landmark inquiry into abuses in the financial services industry releases its final report Monday. Sweeping legislative and regulatory changes, a crackdown on the bulging pay packets of bankers and even...

Germany’s phasing out of coal-fired power stations could be delayed beyond 2038 if the deadline creates problems for the security of electricity supply, a senior legislator in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party said. The phase-out, proposed last Saturday by a commission tasked with...

China on Saturday said it opposes the US decision to withdraw from a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty and urged Washington and Russia to hold "constructive" discussions. Moscow and Washington have long accused the other of violating the key Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...

Sudan's prime minister said Saturday that an ongoing protest campaign should "be respected," but insisted only an election could decide the government's fate. "In my view, the voice of demonstrators needs to be respected," Moutaz Mousa Abdallah told reporters in the capital Khartoum....

Tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Caracas Saturday in rival displays for and against embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as an air force general became the highest-ranking officer to defect. The rival rallies, convened in different parts of the city, come...

A Venezuelan air force general rejected the authority of President Nicolas Maduro Saturday, becoming the highest-ranking military officer to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's acting president. The crack in the military's united front behind Maduro came as Guaido was...

Protesters flowed into the streets of Caracas Saturday, with flags and placards, many to support opposition leader Juan Guaido's calls for democratic elections and others to back embattled President Nicolas Maduro. Carrying Venezuelan flags and blowing horns and whistles, Guaido's...

Nigeria’s vice president on Saturday survived a helicopter crash as he embarked on a campaign tour in north-central Kogi state, according to his media office. “Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s chopper crash landed in Kabba but he and the crew are safe,” Laolu Akande, his media spokesman, said...

The sting from a major restructuring at General Motors and its planned closings of five North American factories in the coming months is putting thousands of jobs at auto parts suppliers at stake, as well. While GM expects nearly all its U.S. blue-collar workers whose jobs are being...

 For all of President Donald Trump's talk about "America first," the next two years of his presidency could shine a sharp spotlight on America abroad. His State of the Union address next week will be dissected for clues on how he'll deal with a full plate of foreign policy challenges....

A group of Turkish people on Saturday took to the streets in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.  The demonstration was organized by Ankara Platform for the Freedom of Religion and the crowd met in front of the Venezuelan embassy in the capital. The crowd chanted...

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced suspension of the landmark Intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) Treaty with the U.S. Putin told foreign and defense ministers at a meeting in Moscow not to initiate talks with Washington on this issue. "We will proceed as follows. Our...