Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro secured re-election with 51.2 percent of the votes cast on Sunday, according to the country's electoral council. The campaign was marred by allegations of opposition intimidation and widespread fears of electoral fraud.Elvis Amoroso, the head of the CNE electoral body, which is largely loyal to the government, announced that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44.2 percent of the votes. Independent polls had pre...

No fewer than nine people have been killed and 25 others injured in what appear to be coordinated attacks by gunmen in Russia’s southernmost province of Dagestan. Local authorities have confirmed the devastating news.The attacks targeted multiple places of worship and a police traffic stop in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala, which are situated about 120km (75 miles) apart. Among the victims are seven law enforcement officers, a priest, and a church security gu...

A 35-year-old Pastor named Bradrick Vail is now a target of an extensive sexual assault investigation.Investigators say multiple victims came forward and that Vail contacted some of his victims through a church in Mobile, Alabama.He remains in Metro Jail and faces several charges including rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse.Reporter visit to Vail’s church, Tree of Life Deliverance Ministry on Monday, but the doors were locked.A sign outside the church lists Vail as “sen...