UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced Tuesday that the quarantine for international travelers arriving in the country will be reduced to five days if they undergo a negative coronavirus test.
At least one person has died and five others were injured after Indian security forces attacked villages in disputed areas of Kashmir, the Pakistani army reported on Friday after tensions between the two countries increased.
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has denounced the “lies” of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and his government about Venezuela and has compared these attacks to those before US military interventions in Vietnam or Iraq. “Today there was an election campaign in the South Florida Command and false accusations against Venezuela…
In comments that are likely to ratchet up tensions with the US, the Russian President said this includes a nuclear-powered cruise missile and an underwater drone. Speaking in a state-of-the-nation speech, Mr Putin warned that Moscow would regard a nuclear attack on its allies as an attack on Russia itself and would respond swiftly. “We…
Former US governor Bill Richardson failed to rescue US citizens imprisoned in Venezuela during his visit to the country this week, which included a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The American diplomat traveled to Caracas last Monday “at the request of several American prisoners’ families” to get his release, the Richardson Center said. Then…
The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) reached “a significant milestone” this Thursday after registering its 1,000th urgent request calling on governments to take action to locate victims.
“Senators should expect to remain in session in August to pass legislation, including appropriations bills, and to make additional progress on the president’s nominees,” McConnell said in a statement. The cancellation of August recess in the upper chamber is bad news for red state Democrats facing tough re-election fights in this November’s midterm elections. They’ll…