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La administración Trump ha anunciado un acuerdo con Caracas que, según dice, otorga a EE. UU. una participación importante en la industria petrolera venezolana. En esta sesión de preguntas y respuestas, los expertos de Crisis Group Phil Gunson y Delaney Simon analizan las repercusiones de dicho acuerdo. Venezuela después del pacto petrolero con EE.
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries. An in-depth investigation reveals the ‘show of force’ costing American taxpayers millionsNo one would tell the shackled detainees onboard the US immigration plane whe.
US President Donald Trump signed into law legislation aimed at increasing economic pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine, including by targeting Moscow's energy revenues as well as countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas.
A potential multi-billion-dollar transfer of advanced US stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia has thrust US Middle East policy into a delicate balancing act between regional deterrence, Israeli air superiority and rising geopolitical skepticism. The US State Department approved a potential US$24.3 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 48 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets The post US.
Sitting in her Vienna office ahead of a pivotal UN gathering in Abu Dhabi, Monica Juma is focused on a simple reality: crime has evolved faster than many of the institutions designed to combat it.
This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes," says the statement.
The move means there will be no television coverage of Mr. Trump's trip on Monday, September 21, to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he was due to meet a series of foreign leaders. U. S. television networks halt Trump coverage in revolt over White House ban.
Wildfire forces evacuations and burns through mountains surrounding Villa de Leyva in the north-east Colombian authorities declared a public calamity as a wildfire burned through mountains surrounding one of the country’s best-known colonial towns in the north-east, scorching large swaths of vegetation and forcing evacuations. Nearly 20 active fires are burning across the South American country. Dr.
Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”.
Compare two children born in the same year: one in a country with functioning schools, social services, fair elections and a dynamic economy and the other in a nation devastated by poverty, conflict, climate change or corruption.
The Pinglu Canal provides China’s landlocked southwest region with a much shorter water route to the South China Sea - and Southeast Asia. But turning early business interest into sustained demand will be the bigger test, say analysts.
Wildfires in Indonesia have caused transboundary haze and disrupted livelihoods in Sumatra. In the second of a series, CNA meets the firefighters enduring choking smoke, sleepless nights and scarce water - and finds out what keeps them going. Relentless wildfires push Sumatra’s firefighters to their limits.
Recent revelations from China’s defense industry suggest the long-sought goal of mounting combat lasers onto fighter aircraft may finally be moving from theory to reality. State-owned aerospace contractor Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) showcased plans for an airborne directed-energy weapon at a defense expo, offering the strongest public indication yet that China is developing T.
Southeast Asia’s rapid economic integration has long been a celebrated success story, and nowhere is this more evident today than in its retail payment systems. Across the region, central banks are linking their national QR code protocols under the ASEAN Regional Payment Connectivity initiative, enabling friction-free, cross-border digital transactions between citizens of Indonesia, Thailand, Mala.
Work is now underway to the restore Afghanistan's Minaret of Jam, which experts say reflects a welcome departure from the icon-smashing rule of the Taliban of the 1990s. The change contrasts with the current Taliban rulers' draconian restrictions on other facets of life in the country.
Beijing believes slowdown calls aim to lock in US advantage, and is pursuing a different balance between safety and paceAbout two years ago, education entrepreneur Boris But had what he calls a “penny-drop moment” – that, like countless others in China, his company needed to embrace AI before it was made obsolete by it.
China is constructing what may be the world’s first dedicated mothership for extra-extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, multiple outlets reported. Satellite photos show the roughly 200-meter hull features a large internal hangar. likely capable of stowing up to four autonomous submersibles. and an open-bottom stern well-deck fitted T.
At least 16 people were reported dead and dozens were injured after an attacker drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a police complex in Pakistan. Officials said several other attackers died in a shootout with police after the blast in the city of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
United Russia won 57. United Russia party won 57.83% of the vote, the Central Election Commission said, up from 49.8% which it won in 2021, the last time an election for the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, was held.
RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service correspondent Maryan Kushnir walked some 20 kilometers to reach the embattled city of Bilozerske, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, which soldiers say has been effectively destroyed by Russian strikes over the past year.
UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Monday laid out a grim picture of the human cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with a spotlight on civilians facing a third wartime winter as well as the intimidation of Russians who have fled abroad.
Temporarily exceeding the 1.5°C global warming goal set in Paris is widely considered inevitable. The challenge now is to keep that overshoot as small and short as possible by cutting emissions faster, unlocking finance and strengthening international cooperation.
Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU while fighting trade war with USThe leaders of France and Canada have pledged closer ties to grapple with rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and the erosion of democratic values, after they met in a French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast.
There was no let up in fighting between Russia and Ukraine on September 20, as voters in Russia cast ballots on the final day of parliamentary elections from which a political party calling for peace was excluded.
Russia is racing to build Rassvet, its answer to Starlink, after losing access to the satellite network on the battlefield in Ukraine. But troubled satellites, tight deadlines, and a lack of ground terminals could leave Moscow waiting years.
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