Category : Noticias del mundo

Zaza Tsuladze TBILISI, GEORGIA—When he left his village in Georgia, Beslan Mukhtarov seemed destined to be a doctor. He arrived in Turkey, and was admitted to a prestigious medical school in Istanbul. But Mukhtarov’s life took a radical turn. According to Turkish security officials, Mukhtarov crossed into Syria last November and joined Jabhat al-Nusra, the […]Load more...

Dorian Jones ISTANBUL—The leader of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party has accused the European Union of ignoring the deteriorating human rights situation in the country in a bid to secure a migrant deal with Ankara. As the EU looks for cooperation from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stem the growing number of migrants entering Greece […]Load more...

Reuters PADANG/JAKARTA, INDONESIA—All 22 of the early-warning buoys Indonesia that were deployed after the 2004tsunami disaster were inoperable when a massive undersea earthquake struck off the country’s coast on Wednesday, a national disaster mitigation agency official said. The 7.8 magnitude quake did not trigger a tsunami, and there were no deaths and no major damage, but it did expose […]Load more...

VOA News A South African court has denied Olympian Oscar Pistorius the right to appeal his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. In its ruling Thursday, the Constitutional Court dismissed Pistorius’ application, saying there are no prospects of success. The ruling clears the way for a judge to sentence Pistorius on his […]Load more...

Voz de América Ramón Castro, el hermano mayor de Fidel y Raúl Castro, murió el martes a los 91 años en La Habana. Medios oficiales cubanos reportaron que sus restos fueron cremados y serán depositados en el cementerio de Birán, su ciudad natal en la provincia Holguín. Ramón estuvo involucrado en el accionar de su […]Load more...

Voz de América El presidente boliviano, Evo Morales, reconoció el miércoles su derrota en las urnas, un día después que el Tribunal Supremo Electoral declarara ganador por tres puntos al «No» a la reforma constitucional que le habría permitido postularse a un cuarto período consecutivo en 2019. «Respetamos los resultados del referendo. El pueblo no […]Load more...

Voz de América China ha enviado de nuevo aviones caza a una disputada isla del Mar de la China Meridional, donde a principios de mes desplegó baterías de misiles y parece estar construyendo un sofisticado sistema de radar. Menos de diez jets –una combinación de Shenyans J-11 y Xians JH-7—han sido avistados en Woody Island […]Load more...

Voz de América El presidente sirio, Bashar al-Assad, confirmó a su contraparte ruso, Vladimir Putin, que Siria está lista para implementar un cese el fuego que debe comenzar el sábado. Los dos líderes hablaron por teléfono este miércoles y destacaron la importancia de continuar luchando contra grupos terroristas tales como el Estado islámico y Jabhat […]Load more...

Reuters KABUL—Afghan officials took delivery of 10,000 automatic rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition as a gift from Russia on Wednesday, another sign of deepening involvement by Moscow in the war-torn country.Dependent almost entirely on foreign aid, Afghan security forces are struggling to secure the country amid a rising insurgency. As the NATO-led coalition’s […]Load more...

VOA News A court in the German city of Cologne has given a suspended jail term to a Moroccan man convicted of trying to steal a mobile phone from a woman on New Year’s Eve, a night when numerous sexual assaults were reported and blamed on immigrants. In Wednesday’s proceedings, the court gave a six-month […]Load more...