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August 1, 2017

Turkey coup trial: Almost 500 in court amid protests

Almost 500 people arrested after last year's failed coup in Turkey have appeared in court accused of taking part in the plot. Some of the handcuffed defendants were jeered as they were individually escorted into court by police and armed…

US imposes sanctions on Venezuela president

On Monday, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, pursuant to an executive order that authorizes sanctions against current or former officials of…

Call for Antigua-Barbuda opposition leaders to be investigated

Following last week’s conviction in US federal court in New York of Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng on bribery charges involving Antigua and Barbuda’s former UN representative, John Ashe, the Antigua Observer, in an editorial entitled “Who…