Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is battling for his life after being shot during a political rally in the Fontibon district of Bogot on Saturday afternoon. The 39-year-old opposition leader from the Democratic Centre party was shot in the head twice while addressing a crowd, according to local reports. Authorities confirmed that…
A presidential hopeful, son of a late journalist, grandson of ex-Colombian President – senator Miguel Uribe is currently battling for his life after he was shot during a rally in Bogota. The 39-year-old Democratic Center leader is in critical condition after he was shot twice on Saturday afternoon in the capital’s Fontibon district. Police have…
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was shot during a rally in Bogota’s Fontana district. A 15-year-old suspect has been arrested with a 9mm Glock pistol. Uribe is currently hospitalised in critical condition. The US Secretary of State has condemned the attack, calling it a direct threat to democracy. Colombian authorities are investigating whether it was…
Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to the government and his party, with no immediate confirmation from the authorities on the status of his condition. The 39-year-old senator is a member of the opposition conservative Democratic Center party, founded by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. The two men are…
Polish nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country’s presidential election with 50.89 per cent of the votes, the electoral commission said early on Monday, in a blow to the reform agenda of the pro-European government. His rival, Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal Warsaw mayor and an ally of the government led…
Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the presidential election, surprising many after a tough race against a far-right rival. Dan had more than 5.83 million votes with nearly 99% of the total votes counted, giving him an insurmountable lead over hard-right rival George Simion. Exit polls right after the voting suggested he had 54-55%….
Representative Image (Ai) Martha Karua, a lawyer and presidential candidate in Kenya, said Sunday she had been expelled from Tanzania, where she had been due to attend the trial of a prominent opposition figure facing treason charges.Karua, a former justice minister who has been vocal about “democratic backsliding” in East Africa, said her deportation was…
President Donald Trump met on Wednesday with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, going face-to-face with the onetime insurgent leader who spent years imprisoned by US forces after being captured in Iraq. Trump agreed to “say hello” to al-Sharaa before the US leader wraps up his stay in Saudi Arabia and heads to Qatar, where Trump is…
The two candidates who will fight it out to win election as South Korea’s next president overcame great odds to get where they are. Lee Jae-myung was a teenage sweatshop worker whose family survived on rotten fruits. Kim Moon-soo was imprisoned and tortured for anti-government activism. Both survived weeks of political and legal turbulence that…
Poland is facing an unprecedented attempt by Russia to interfere in its presidential election, the digital affairs minister said on Tuesday, as the first round of voting looms on May 18. Poland says its role as a hub for aid to Ukraine has made it a target for Russian sabotage, cyberattacks and disinformation, and it…