Armed rebels say ceasefire will run from May 25 until June 3 to allow Colombian voters to cast their ballots ‘in peace’.

Armed rebels say ceasefire will run from May 25 until June 3 to allow Colombian voters to cast their ballots ‘in peace’.
Partial results show change in the balance of power in parliament where Hezbollah and allies once held a majority.
Police say 30,506 arrests carried out in less than two months since ‘state of exception’ invoked after deadly violence.
Brazil agribusiness is keen to mine for potassium in resource-rich Amazon region, but Indigenous fear negative effects.
Shanghai to phase out strict lockdown measures that have kept 26 million people at home for more than six weeks.
Somalia’s long delayed presidential vote set to take place on Sunday.
Longtime de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan elected UAE president after the death of Sheikh Khalifa.
Citing security reasons, police in Somalia announce curfew in Mogadishu ahead of the long-delayed election.
As tensions rise over Turkey’s millions of refugees, politicians are seeking to capitalise on the resentment.
With US aid flowing to Israel, Palestine rights activists say Washington is ‘complicit’ in Israeli abuses.
US President Joe Biden tells leaders of 10-member ASEAN bloc that summit in Washington, DC marks ‘new era’ in relations.
Iran wants its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps removed from US ‘terror’ list, a demand Biden is reluctant to grant.
The central bank governor and at least four of the ministers who resigned are looking to succeed Buhari as president.
Congress has voted to reverse controversial ZEDE law, which allowed for the creation of semi-autonomous corporate zones.