TEHRAN – Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was detained by Iranian authorities for allegedly inciting unrest against the government, the London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported, citing “reliable sources in Tehran.” The newspaper said that Ahmadinejad, […]
BRASILIA – A politician from Rio de Janeiro, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2016 after a judge found him guilty of submitting a 15-year-old girl to prostitution, rape and intimidating behavior, […]
TEHRAN – Islamic leaders in Iran have moved to ban the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official in the country confirmed on Sunday, after the country’s Supreme Leader said early learning […]
BEIJING – A huge deposit of silver was discovered in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, in northern China, the local department of Land and Natural Resources claimed on Saturday. According to Xinhua, the state-owned […]
SANTIAGO – A former top police officer has been summoned for questioning in a multimillion-dollar fraud scandal that unfolded within Chile’s national police force, known as the Carabineros, last year. On March 1, the Public […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump legal threat aimed at “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House”” appears to have the effect of making the book an early 2018 hot-selling title. On its first […]
SANTIAGO – A phone thief received instant karma as he tried to escape from the scene of his crime recently in the Chilean capital. A video posted to LiveLeak Friday captured the crime and the […]
LIMA – Alberto Fujimori, the former authoritarian leader of Peru, left hospital in the capital Lima a free man on Thursday, days after being granted a presidential pardon. The 79-year-old waved to supporters outside the […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina sold US$ 9 billion in a three-part dollar bond issuance that was oversubscribed on Thursday, covering nearly a third of its expected financing needs for 2018 early in the year. Latin […]
SANTIAGO – Twelve people died in mining accidents during 2017, according to a study conducted by the National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin), which is the lowest figure in 18 years. Revealing a 33% decrease […]
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