The ruling marks a significant effort to hold Mr. Bolsonaro accountable for accusations that he sought to effectively dismantle Brazil’s democracy by orchestrating a broad plan to stage a coup.

Bolsonaro and 33 others are accused of attempting a coup that included a plan to poison his successor, current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and kill a Supreme Court judge. Bolsonaro has ...

There have been rumours regarding the impending imposition of martial law or a state of emergency in Bangladesh. While the army chief has dismissed such speculation, India is keeping a close tab ...

Brazil's supreme court has decided to put former president Jair Bolsonaro on trial over an alleged coup plot. All five judges accepted the charges against him, related to an effort to cling to ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has accepted charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempted coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. The five justices voted ...

Thousands gathered in Buenos Aires on Monday to commemorate the 49th anniversary of Argentina’s 1976 military coup, which led to a brutal dictatorship lasting seven years. Human rights groups ...

Gonet alleged that the coup attempt began in 2021, during Bolsonaro’s presidential term, and culminated in the riots of January 8, 2023, when Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalized the ...

Bolsonaro, a former army captain who served as Brazil's president from 2019 to 2022, is accused of five crimes, including an attempt to violently abolish the democratic rule of law and a coup d'etat.

The three justices said seven other close allies should also stand trial on five counts: attempting to stage a coup, involvement in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of ...

“Four-star generals accused of plotting a coup are now likely to be convicted and punished under Brazil’s democratic legal system,” said João Roberto Martins Filho, a political science ...

Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani don dey lead di kontri since 2023, afta e remove Niger elected President, Mohamed Bazoum through coup. On Wednesday, 26 March, Gen Tchiani take di presidential office ...