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Pompeo says US to impose "strongest sanctions in history" on Iran   Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issues a steep list of demands that he said should be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to...

Paraguay opens its Israel embassy in Jerusalem   Paraguay becomes the second country after Guatemala to follow the United States in relocating its embassy to Jerusalem a week ago, drawing Palestinian anger. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes sits...

FARC leader wanted in US suspends hunger strike   Prosecutors in New York accuse partially-sighted Santrich of conspiring to ship 10,000 kilograms of cocaine to the United States while serving as a senior member of the...

First Ebola vaccines given as WHO seeks to beat Congo outbreak   Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have begun a vaccination campaign aimed at containing the outbreak of the virus, Congo's ninth since...

Venezuela's Maduro faces overseas condemnation after re-election   President Nicolas Maduro faces international condemnation after his re-election in polls that were boycotted by the country's mainstream opposition. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is surrounded by supporters as he...

Venezuela election latest: Turkey's Erodgan and football legend Maradona back Nicolas Maduro on eve of controversial vote Chloe Farand   The US, the EU and some Latin American countries have condemned Sunday's vote as unfair. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro...

Maduro declared winner in disputed Venezuela election   Venezuela's National Election Council announces that with almost 93 percent of polling stations reporting, Maduro wins nearly 68 percent of the votes, beating nearest challenger Henri Falcon by...

Maduro favoured as Venezuelans vote amid crisis   While polls show Venezuelans overwhelmingly blame Maduro for their mounting troubles, he's still heavily favoured to win thanks to a boycott of the election by his main rivals. A...

Unconvinced by the election, Venezuela emigres stream across border   "People aren't voting anymore because they know that it's rigged. If we had any hope that this would change, we wouldn't be migrating," says Deiver Guarate,...

Venezuela's Maduro eyes second term despite economic woes   Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is expected to win a second six-year term in Sunday's election, despite a deepening crisis that's made food scarce and inflation soar as...