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Maduro allies set for poll victory with Guaido on the ropes

President Nicolas Maduro and his allies are set to dominate Sunday's legislative elections in Venezuela, which are being boycotted by the mainstream opposition parties led by his main rival Juan Guaido. Victory will give Maduro's ruling Socialist Party control of the National Assembly, the...

Iran ready to show goodwill if US bide by nuclear deal: Zarif

Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original commitments, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump quit the pact in 2018, saying it...

UN: 20,000 foreign fighters in Libya are a 'serious crisis'

  The top U.N. official for Libya said Wednesday there are at least 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries in the war-torn nation, and warned of a “serious crisis” as weapons continue pouring into the North African country. “That is a shocking violation of Libyan sovereignty...

Ex-French president dies at 94 after contracting COVID

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing died Wednesday at the age of 94 after contacting the novel coronavirus. His family said in a statement that he passed away at his home in the Loir-et-Cher region. He was hospitalized in the city of Tours on Nov. 17 due to respiratory...