The number of prisoners freed in Venezuela has increased to 18, human rights organisations reported on Saturday, up from nine on Friday afternoon.
The release of political detainees in the South American nation has long been demanded by rights groups, international bodies and opposition figures, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado, who has several close allies still behind bars.
Both U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s leading lawmaker Jorge Rodríguez, brother of acting president Delcy Rodríguez, have described the releases as a gesture of peace; Trump added in a post on Truth Social that he had called off a second wave of attacks on Venezuela after securing cooperation from Caracas.
The announcements cap a week of intense political upheaval in Caracas, marked by the U.S. strike on Venezuela, the dramatic capture and arraignment of President Nicolás Maduro on narcoterrorism charges in New York, Rodríguez’s swearing‑in as acting president, and the U.S. plan to refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan crude.
Opposition and human rights groups have long accused the Venezuelan government of using detentions to suppress dissent — allegations authorities deny. There is no official list of those to be released, nor confirmation of how many will ultimately be freed.
Local rights group Foro Penal estimates around 811 political prisoners remain in the country, including more than 80 foreigners, among them two U.S. citizens and one U.S. resident.
Five Spanish nationals, including Venezuelan‑Spanish rights activist Rocío San Miguel, were the first confirmed freed on Thursday and arrived in Madrid the next day. Former opposition presidential candidate Enrique Marquez is also among those who have been released.
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Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has confirmed the number of casualties its citizens suffered as a result of the 5 June drone attacks on the cargo ships Natra and Zircon in the Sea of Azov. In a statement, it said four Azerbaijani citizens were killed and four others were injured.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned ahead of World Environment Day that Afghanistan's worsening water crisis is disproportionately affecting women and girls, who bear much of the responsibility for securing water for their families.
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Armenian authorities arrested six candidates from the pro-Russian Strong Armenia bloc on Saturday, one day before voters were due to take part in parliamentary elections.
More than 6,000 people gathered outside a vote-counting centre in Seoul on Friday night, demanding this week’s local elections be repeated after ballot shortages left some voters unable to cast their ballots.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has confirmed the number of casualties its citizens suffered as a result of the 5 June drone attacks on the cargo ships Natra and Zircon in the Sea of Azov. In a statement, it said four Azerbaijani citizens were killed and four others were injured.
The U.S. said it struck Iranian radar sites on Qeshm Island and in Goruk after intercepting four drones, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they launches retaliatory strikes on four tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted U.S. bases in the Gulf.
The Iranian national football team is set to arrive in North America for the World Cup after finally securing travel documents, but a dispute over U.S. visa approvals continues to cast a shadow over the country's tournament preparations.
At least a dozen people were wounded, two critically, on Saturday (6 June) in Toledo, Ohio, as two shooters traded gunfire, police said.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al‑Zaidi will pay an official visit to the United States, bringing with him a delegation of business leaders, private‑sector representatives and banking officials, in an effort to boost investment and deepen economic ties with Washington.
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