Former Labour Minister Jeannette Jara of Chile’s ruling Communist Party secured a narrow lead against far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in Sunday’s first presidential election round.
Jara received 27% of the vote, against Kast’s 24%, meaning a runoff will be held on 14 December.
Jara, a…
Chile’s presidential election will go to a run-off vote in December between a Communist Party and a far-right candidate, after a first round on Sunday produced no outright winner.
The election campaign was dominated by crime and immigration, as…
Forty-five Indian pilgrims have been killed after the bus they were travelling in caught fire in an accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia, the police commissioner of India’s Hyderabad city has said.
The bus had 46 passengers, said VC Sajjanar in a…
A rare 15th-century illuminated Bible, the Borso D’Este Bible, went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year events.
The two-volume manuscript, known for its gold and lapis lazuli miniatures, is usually…
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday to death on charges of crimes against humanity involving last year’s mass uprising…
Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of student protests last year that led to the…
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — With Hungary’s parliamentary elections still five months away, the country is already immersed in an intense political campaign between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his…
Hundreds of tonnes of illegally dumped waste have formed a huge rubbish mountain in a field near Kidlington in Oxfordshire.
Footage shows a pile at least 60 meters long and 10 meters high, with local authorities warning that removal…