Fujimori takes office promising an iron-fisted crackdown on crime, as critics fear a return to her father's tactics.
Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse journalists observed. The conservative 51-year-old won June’s run-off by fewer than 50,000 votes and will govern until 2031. Fujimori, the daughter of a former president jailed for human rights abuses, will become Peru’s ninth president in a decade. The 51-year-old is hoping to stabilise the country’s turbulent politics. Over the past decade, only three of Peru’s...
Former Honduras president returns home after Trump pardon
Shahabuddin, 76, cited health reasons for leaving two years before his five-year term was meant to expire.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, will resign on Friday halfway through his term, according to his spokesman. The president’s office is a largely ceremonial post and Shahabuddin is quitting much before the end of his tenure in April 2028. The decision comes after Hasina announced her plan to return in December to surrender following a court conviction. “As a result of his illnesses, it is no longer possible for him to discharge his...