SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho took back control of the eastern department of Santa Cruz on Friday, hours after being released from jail following nearly three years in detention on terrorism charges, an AFP reporter said. The 46-year-old conservative lawyer and businessman was arrested in December 2022 over his alleged role in the ouster of leftist president Evo Morales in 2019. Morales stepped down after losing the support of the military amid strikes and protests in response to his disputed election to a fourth term. Camacho led violent protests over Morales' re-election claim. His detention in 2022 on charges of fomenting a coup sparked countrywide protests, with many Bolivians dismissing the...
LONDON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Three men were arrested after two police officers suffered minor injuries during a protest outside a UK hotel used...
GENEVA, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than a quarter of a million people are registered as missing by the Red Cross, a figure up...
TIANJIN, China, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched down in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Saturday evening, Indian TV...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Ukrainian lawmaker who formerly served as speaker of parliament was shot dead on Saturday in the western...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia launched "massive" strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts...
GENEVA, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The head of the international Red Cross on Saturday denounced Israel's plans for a mass evacuation of Gaza City...
DHAKA, August 30, 2025 (BSS) - The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed across the country today, drawing attention to the...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain...
ROUEN, France, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an...
TIANJIN, China, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping began welcoming dignitaries including United Nations chief Antonio Guterres and Egyptian Premier Moustafa Madbouly...
SYDNEY, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Australia has announced an agreement with the tiny Pacific nation Nauru enabling it to send hundreds of immigrants to...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Guyana, a small South American nation with the world's largest oil reserves per capita, heads to presidential elections...