U.S. removes Colombia’s FARC from terrorism list
The U.S. has removed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a former rebel group, from its list of terrorist organizations, five years after the...
In first U.S. labeled ‘backsliding’ democracy as global authoritarianism grows
A new report calls the rejection of the 2020 election results by many in the Republican Party as an ‘historic turning point’ for the...
At the top of U.S. official’s Africa agenda: Ethiopia, Sudan and concerns about China
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent Africa visit, which included Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal, appeared a lackluster response to U.S. President Biden’s talk...
Furor over Miss South Africa appearing in pageant in Israel
JOHANNESBURG—Controversy is swirling around the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, as the government has withdrawn its support for the event because of its plans...
Exclusive: IAEA chief hails ‘very constructive’ talks with Iran officials
The United Nations nuclear watchdog’s chief says he has held “very constructive” talks with Iranian officials as part of an ongoing visit to the...
English cricket racism exposed by former player at parliament
LONDON—English cricket was forced to confront its racist culture when former player Azeem Rafiq testified through tears at a parliamentary hearing but with a...
Biden bans Ortega and other Nicaraguan officials from entering United States
The United States has imposed an entry ban on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his government officials, following the Central American country’s presidential election in...
Iran’s Leader: Colonialists waging soft wars to pillage nations
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned Iran’s scientifically-elite community of the soft wars being waged by the world’s colonial powers with the aim...
‘We can’t allow our martyred countrymen to have died in vain’
The death toll from Sudan’s political uprising had reached 39 fatalities, reported a pro-democracy doctors union at Final Call press time. Hundreds of thousands...
Sudan minister: Return to pre-coup arrangement ‘unrealistic’
KHARTOUM, Sudan—A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the country’s deposed prime minister to agree to take a post in...