Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home to a fraught political landscape after over 10 months in exile. “I am here. With you,” Machado wrote on X on Sunday. Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news minutes later, writing: “I am thrilled to announce to you that our leader,…
Instead of running for office themselves, student-led assemblies at the country’s university faculties have chosen 250 candidates to stand in the parliamentary election, with Ilija Srdanović, professor at Novi Sad University, heading the list. The Student List of candidates for parliament also includes doctors, actors, academics and sports personalities “These are people that don’t know…
Gabon says it has lifted a ban on social media imposed eight months ago – a move that triggered widespread criticism at the time. The High Communication Authority (HAC) announced the U-turn on Saturday in a televised statement. The BBC has approached the country’s media regulator for comment. The ban had been introduced on 17…
Former US President Barack Obama has attacked the Trump administration over the Iran war and high consumer prices as he hit the campaign trail for Democrats ahead of the US midterm elections. “This election is our last best chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this administration,” Obama told crowds in…
Unknown gunmen have raided a remote village in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Taraba, killing at least 10 people, looting shops and setting houses ablaze, police say. There are fears the actual death toll is much higher, with eyewitnesses speaking of 20 lives lost and a non-governmental organisation suggesting a toll of as many as…
Four bodies handed over to special forces on a mission to Haiti to recover Salvadoran hostages are “not our men”, El Salvador’s president has said. Nayib Bukele said a nongovernmental organisation delivered the human remains to one of Haiti’s airports claiming they were four El Salvadoran air technicians, but that one of the corpses was…
Lula and his Workers’ Party have cast this election as a “battle for democracy”, arguing that Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction for coup-plotting is evidence that “Bolsonarismo” constitutes a threat to Brazil’s democratic institutions. During Lula’s latest term in office, relations with Trump have been rocky. Lula has insisted that Brazil “does not fit into anyone’s backyard”,…
When popular Kenyan food creator That Girl Boina took a two-week holiday to Europe, she expected to relax. A week into the trip, an Instagram direct message exposed a problem that would ultimately lead to the closure of her business. “I was at your studio, I liked everything. The only problem was that I was…
Elon Musk has said his company SpaceX restricted Ukraine’s Starlink internet service, after Ukrainian officials said connectivity issues appeared to have been resolved. The tech billionaire accused Ukraine of violating its terms of service by using it for military activity – but denied being responsible for a simultaneous issue with its US-run, military-grade counterpart Starshield….
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said about 2,000 residents had been displaced by the operation, which has led to at least one whole street appearing to have been flattened, according to footage shared online. Even before the entry and exit bans on workers were announced by the IDF on Sunday, the military had cordoned off…