Former intelligence agent Lucky Bista has publicly claimed that Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah will become Nepal’s next prime minister, with Rabi Lamichhane set to take the position of home minister. Bista said the political alliance behind this arrangement has been formed under specific conditions, adding that the individuals who facilitated the alliance would be revealed in the future. In his statement, Bista alleged that the current China-backed government has been removed and a

President Trump made sharp remarks about Colombia and Mexico in the aftermath of the US operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday (Jan 3) and brought him to New York to face drug-trafficking charges. When asked about a possible US operation in Colombia, Trump responded: “Sounds good to me.” He also said that Mexico “has to get their act together”. #unitedstates #colombia #mexico