Venezuela arrested the brother of one of President Hugo Chavez's senior ministers on Saturday, the latest move in a clean-up of the financial system that has closed banks and pointed to corruption close to the government.
The arrest of the banker, whose brother Jesse Chacon has worked with Chavez for nearly twenty years and is now science minister, shows the president clamping down on a new class of businessmen made rich by their connections to the government.
Israel’s military has launched at least 20 air strikes on southern Gaza as the fragile United...
The fragile truce in Gaza faced its first major test on Sunday after Israel alleged Hamas...
Ukraine sees its EU membership bid advancing before the end of this year thanks to “creative...
