Ecuador

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on Britain and Sweden on Feb. 5 to let him freely leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London after a U.N. panel ruled he had been arbitrarily detained and should be awarded compensation. 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will demand that he be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London a free man, after a U.N. panel ruled on Feb. 5 he was detained arbitrarily there.

Assange, who enraged the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, has been holed up in the embassy since 2012 to avoid a rape investigation. 

Turkey aims to boost trade with Latin America more than two-fold by 2023, in a bid to diversify away from its traditional export markets in the troubled economies of Europe and the Middle East, Economy Minister Mustafa Elita? said on Feb. 1.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has resumed regular contact with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, as Syrian peace talks gained some momentum with the U.N. special envoy formally declaring the start of indirect negotiations.

All weapons seized by Turkish security forces during recent counterterrorism operations in Southeast Anatolia are Russian-made, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said, while blaming both Western allies and Russia for failing to appropriately fight global terrorism and accusing them of "double standards."

Jimmy Morales, a former TV comic elected Guatemala's new president on a wave of public revulsion against widespread graft, took office on Jan. 14 in a ceremony attended by leaders from the Americas.

Most people celebrate the arrival of the new year gathered with friends and family while drinking some champagne and eat delicious food or watching spectacular firework shows in the central squares of their cities.

Almost every place in the world there is likely to have a form of contamination.

Toxic chemicals from industrial processes leach into our water supply and devastate natural habitats, endanger animals, and pollute Earth’s lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, and groundwater.

Argentine ex-president Carlos Menem was convicted on corruption charges on Dec. 1, but as with a previous arms trafficking sentence he will escape prison time thanks to his immunity as a senator.

Menem, Argentina's president from 1989 to 1999, was convicted of masterminding the illegal overpayment of high-ranking officials' salaries.

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