Politics

Friday, June 13th 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Milei leaves Israel before airspace closure and reaches Spain

Argentine President Javier Milei landed safely in Spain Thursday after leaving Israel before the full-scale attack against Iran's military and nuclear targets, which resulted, among other measures, in the closure of Tel Aviv's airspace.
Friday, June 13th 2025 - 10:34 UTC
Israel hits Iranian targets massively – retaliation expected

Israel launched preemptive airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities -including the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, ballistic missile sites, and military commanders to keep the enemy from further developing nuclear weapons.
Friday, June 13th 2025 - 10:03 UTC
Peña highlights Paraguay's values and traditions

President Santiago Peña insisted on the opening day of the IV Madrid Forum at the Banco Central del Paraguay's (BCP) headquarters in Asunción that his country was committed to defending its values, traditions, and sovereignty against globalism, which he described as an ideology imposing a uniform worldview disconnected from history and culture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.