BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge on Wednesday requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine in New York. The inquiry from Argentina, whose judges have aggressively … Read more
The Trump administration is urging American citizens to leave Iran immediately as the president escalates his threats to use military action against the Middle Eastern nation amid a violent government crackdown on protesters. The US military is also withdrawing some personnel from its largest airbase in the Middle East in Qatar on January 14, according … Read more
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Saturday freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Viktar Babaryka, as part of a deal with Washington that lifted U.S. sanctions on the country’s vital fertilizer exports. A close ally of Russia, the authoritarian President of Belarus, Alexander … Read more