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Friday, June 13th 2025 - 09:39 UTC
Uruguay and Venezuela agree to resume consular services

Uruguay and Venezuela agreed Thursday to resume consular services in both capitals, nearly a year after diplomatic relations deteriorated following Caracas' expulsion of Uruguayan diplomats alongside those of six other countries (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, and the Dominican Republic) for failing to recognize Nicolás Maduro's reelection as announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on July 28.
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Friday, June 13th 2025 - 09:29 UTC
Indec says Argentina's inflation in May stood at 1.5%

Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a 1.5% increase last month, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced Thursday. It was the lowest monthly inflation rate since May 2020 and closer to 1.4% from November 2017.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 23:30 UTC
Starmer is teeing up Gibraltar for another Overseas betrayal, Falklands next?, RUSI scholar

Dr. Samuel Ramani is a distinguished scholar from UK think-tank RUSI, (Royal United Services Institute), and has written a piece of the Gibraltar Agreement, which place him close to the Conservative’s position which asks if the Falklands could probably be next.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 21:03 UTC
Peru's Congress slaps former President Vizcarra with new 10-year ban

Peru's one-house Congress disqualified former President Martin Vizcarra (2018-2020) for 10 years from holding public office due to his 2019 dissolution of Parliament, marking his third such sanction. The decision, approved late Wednesday with 67 votes in favor, 11 against, and 3 abstentions, followed a reconsideration of an earlier April 30 vote that lacked sufficient support.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 20:45 UTC
Over 200 people killed in Air India crash after takeoff

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flight AI171, carrying 242 passengers (169 Indian, 53 British, 7 Portuguese, 1 Canadian) and 12 crew members, crashed into a residential area near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport in Ahmedabad, India, minutes after takeoff Thursday, en route to London Gatwick.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 11:46 UTC
UK-EU Joint Statement of Agreement in Respect of Gibraltar

Following talks in Brussels this Wednesday a Joint Statement was reached in respect of Gibraltar, between the European Commission, Spain and Gibraltar. European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels on Wednesday 11 June.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
South America's leftwing leaders support CFK after court ruling

Most of South America's leftwing leaders expressed their solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), whose 6-year prison sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court (CSJN) earlier this week.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:31 UTC
Three Bolivian Police officers killed in clashes with Evistas

Three Bolivian Police officers died Wednesday in the mining town of Llallagua after clashes with Evistas blocking roads in the Potosí region. The law enforcement agents were trying to remove one of the numerous blockades hitting the country, causing economic damages in addition to the lack of food supplies, medicines, and fuel to defend former President Evo Morales' ambition of a new candidacy despite having exceeded the number of terms (two) allowed by the Constitution.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 10:27 UTC
US removes non-essential staff from diplomatic missions in Middle East

Washington has authorized the partial evacuation of non-essential diplomats and military personnel from its Middle East facilities, including the embassy in Baghdad and bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, and the UAE, due to heightened security risks stemming from a potential Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, it was reported Wednesday.
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Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 09:42 UTC
Record high temperatures hit Greenland and Iceland, Copernicus Observatory warns

Greenland experienced a melting rate 17 times faster than average last month due to record-high temperatures, while Iceland saw temperatures exceed 26°C, the European Copernicus Observatory reported this week.
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