Venezuela

Jon Stewart teamed up with Stephen Colbert to rip Mitch McConnell over the 9/11 first responders compensation issue. Stewart has been advocating to extend compensations to 9/11 first responders, survivors and their relatives through 2090. The current compens…

Illustration by Nathaniel St. Clair While the mystery of who is responsible for sabotaging the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman remains unsolved, it is clear that the Trump administration has been sabotaging Iranian oil shipments since May 2, when it announce…

While the mystery of who is responsible for sabotaging the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman remains unsolved, it is clear that the Trump administration has been sabotaging Iranian oil shipments since May 2, when it announced its intention to bring …

Good Monday morning. What is chocked full of gators, entering hurricane season, and back in the national political spotlight? Thats right. Floridas back, baby. And this time there are balloons. KICK OFF President Donald Trump will spend two days in the state…

The wife of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has urged Donald Trump to raise her husband's case with Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe at the G20 summit of world leaders this month. I'd like President Trump to speak to Prime Minister Abe about fair condi…

MP SPEAKS | I was struck by three media reports yesterday. Firstly, a Reuters report about the terrible humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, once one of the 20 richest countries in the world and the richest in Latin America with free education and free medical …

Sudans former president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown in April. Looking much the same as prior to his removal, Mr Bashir was taken to the prosecutors…

A woman has been arrested in connection with the killing of a former Arkansas state senator.  Rebecca Lynn ODonnell, 48, was detained on Friday night by Randolph County sheriffs deputies in connection with the death of Linda Collins-Smith. Officials said cri…

A United Airlines plane skidded off the runway after its tyres burst as it landed at an airport near New York. Some passengers suffered minor injuries when Flight 627 slid off the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Saturday after…

Passengers on a Turkish Airlines plane flying from Turkey to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming, tried to smash an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window, before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing towards the cockpit. Several passenger…