Politics

Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:49 UTC
FBI raids offices and home of Trump's personal lawyer; president calls it a “witch hunt”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the offices and home of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, law enforcement sources said, in a dramatic new development in a series of probes involving close Trump associates. Cohen’s lawyer, Stephen M. Ryan, said that U.S. prosecutors conducted a search that was partly a referral by the Office of Special Counsel, Robert Mueller.
Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
FARC leader arrested in Bogotá on a US request for drug trafficking

One of the top leaders of Colombia's former rebel group, FARC, has been arrested in Bogota following a request from the United States. Jesus Santrich, a former peace negotiator, is accused of drug trafficking by a court in New York.
Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:28 UTC
Facebook's Zuckerberg again apologizes ahead of congressional hearings

On the eve of an expected grilling by U.S. lawmakers, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg once again apologized for inadequately protecting the data of millions of social media platform users and highlighted steps the firm is taking to prevent a repeat.
Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:08 UTC
Falklands' parade on 21st April to celebrate Queen's birthday

The Falkland Islands will be holding a parade to celebrate the birthday of the Queen at Victory Green on Saturday 21st April 2018. The parade will form up at Victory Green at 10.20 hours and Governor Nigel Phillips CBE will arrive at 10.30 hours.
Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 07:27 UTC
HMS Protector expected in Buenos Aires

The United Kingdom Ice Patrol HMS Protector is expected this week in Buenos Aires on her return trip from the Antarctica season. The visit is seen as evidence of the renewed and improved UK/Argentina bilateral relations, both politically and in defense issues.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 12:19 UTC
Falkland Islands joins RAF centenary celebrations

The Falkland Islands also joined Royal Air Force centenary celebrations. Despite poor weather the hangar event held at Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, to celebrate RAF 100 the Royal Air Force Centenary (April 1) “went off perfectly,” according to spokesperson for the event.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Italy's right wing parties say they are ready to form a new government

Italy’s three main rightist parties on Sunday vowed to present a united front in a fresh round of talks on forming a new government next week, defying attempts by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to divide them in coalition negotiations.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
Re-elected thorn for the European Union: landslide victory for Hungary's Orban

Hungary's all-powerful premier Viktor Orban, his party victorious in elections Sunday, is the self-styled defender of Christian Europe against the “poison” of immigration, an admirer of “illiberal democracy” and a thorn in the European Union's side.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
UK fishermen day of fury over Brexit “abject betrayal”: UK waters control delayed from 2019 to 2021

English fishermen are taking part in a day of protests against what they say is an “abject betrayal” over Brexit. Protesters gathered in Plymouth, Whitstable, Hastings, Portsmouth, Milford Haven and Newcastle. Fishermen say promises of immediate control over UK waters on leaving the EU next year have been dropped.
Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Lula's defense hopes for an early retrieve if Supreme Court changes a key law

Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who began a 12-year jail sentence on Saturday in Curitiba, could win an early reprieve if the country's top court decides to change a key law. Marco Aurelio Mello, a judge at the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), said he would petition the divided court next Wednesday to revisit the current law on incarceration during appeals.