Brazil

Brazil: 5 killed, including gunman, in cathedral shooting

Dec 12, 2018 09:59

Four people were killed and four were left injured when a gunman opened fire following mass on Tuesday, inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Campinas city, near the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. The assailant then turned the gun on himself.
Brazil's decision to move embassy to al-Quds could harm ties: Arab League

Dec 11, 2018 04:57

The Arab League has slammed a plan by Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to transfer his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Israeli-occupied al-Quds, warning that the possible move could harm bilateral relations.
China, other BRICS leaders slam protectionism at G20 summit amid other rifts

Dec 01, 2018 10:12

Leaders of the world’s five major emerging economies (BRICS) have slammed protectionism at the G20 summit in Argentina amid threats by the US president to intensify tariffs on China and press ahead with anti-Russia sanctions.
Brazil will stand with Iran in face of US sanctions: Ex-president

Nov 11, 2018 13:48

Former President Fernando Collor de Mello says Brazil will stand with Iran like other member states of BRICS, the association of five major emerging economies, in the face of US sanctions.
OIC denounces Brazil's decision to move embassy to al-Quds

Nov 03, 2018 13:38

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned as “illegal” a decision by Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to move his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to al-Quds.
Hamas urges Brazil to abandon plan to move embassy to al-Quds

Nov 02, 2018 12:08

Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has called upon Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to reverse his decision to move his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to al-Quds.
Brazil ‘Trump of Tropics’ says open to al-Quds embassy move

Nov 02, 2018 04:11

In the latest controversial move to follow his American counterpart, Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has said the country might relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied al-Quds.
Violence flares at anti-Bolsonaro protest in Sao Paulo

Oct 31, 2018 05:21

Protesters marched in several cities across Brazil against far-right Brazilian President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday night.
Brazil’s candidate in serious condition after stabbing

Sep 07, 2018 06:28

The leading candidate in Brazil's presidential election is in serious but stable condition after being stabbed by an assailant at a campaign rally on Thursday, doctors said.
Brazil’s Lula launches court appeal to save candidacy

Sep 06, 2018 05:51

Brazil’s jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has appealed a court ruling that bars him from running in the upcoming presidential election.