Prosecutors in the United States have accused Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, of conspiracy to commit torture. The fresh charges against the couple were made public on Thursday and are in addition to the drug-trafficking and weapons charges already brought against them, which they have denied. Maduro, 63, and Flores,
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country in December, despite facing the death penalty there for crimes against humanity. Hasina, who denies the charges, was tried in absentia after fleeing to India during an anti-government uprising in 2024. On the second anniversary of being ousted, Hasina said in an