Brazil president-elect says UN Security Council needs to change
Brazil President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says that the United Nations Security Council needs to change and that there should be more members representing all...
Presidents of Cuba and Algeria report results of meeting
The presidents of Algeria, Abdelmajid Tebboune, and Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced Nov. 17 in Algiers the results of a meeting in which they agreed to...
Brazil expels U.S. fishing tour company from Indigenous land
RIO DE JANEIRO—Federal courts in Brazil have ordered a New Jersey-based fishing tourism company to leave a remote Indigenous area of the Amazon after...
Hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts found at American couple’s house in Guatemala
Prosecutors in Guatemala claim to have discovered 1,222 possible pre-Hispanic archaeological artifacts at the home of an American couple accused of smuggling the historical relics. The artifacts...
Man dies at UK migrant center criticized over conditions
LONDON—A man being held at a much-criticized center for migrants in Britain has died after falling sick, bringing renewed criticism to the Conservative government over its...
Israel announces bid to upgrade apartheid wall amid West Bank tensions
Israeli minister for military affairs Benny Gantz has approved a plan to build a 100-kilometer (62.1-mile) wall in the occupied West Bank, as the...
Sudanese protesters call for end to foreign interference
Sudanese protesters have called for the expulsion of the United Nation’s representative to Sudan and a stop to foreign interference in the country’s internal...
Libya: Some leaders ‘actively hindering progress towards elections’, Security Council hears
Efforts continue to get political leaders in Libya to overcome their differences so that long-awaited presidential and parliamentary elections can finally take place, the...
Africa News Briefs Mali sanctions lifted, France withdraws, but the military regime remains
The stability of the Sahel region of Africa was due to Libya and its leader, the late Muammar Gadhafi. The events that led to...
Rohingya flee Myanmar, land by boat in Indonesia
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—More than 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a boat for more than a month were found along the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh...