Exclusive: Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed says he expects to be released in days
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be released from custody within days.
Pro-Russian president, academic challenger face off in dead-heat Czech presidential vote
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czechs finish voting on Saturday in a presidential election run-off where pro-western academic Jiri Drahos is trying to oust incumbent Milos Zeman, whose courting of Russia and China and leaning toward far-right groups have split the…
Syrian opposition will not attend Sochi peace talks: spokesman
VIENNA (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition will not attend a peace conference that Russia is hosting in Sochi next week, a spokesman for the opposition delegation to U.N.-brokered peace talks in Vienna said on Saturday.
Despite clash, Richardson says Suu Kyi remains Myanmar’s best hope
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aung San Suu Kyi remains Myanmar’s best hope for change, veteran U.S. mediator Bill Richardson said on Friday, days after he got into a fight with the Nobel laureate and quit an international panel advising her government …
Brazil’s Lula appeals decision to seize his passport
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Lawyers for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday appealed a decision to seize the former president’s passport, on the heels of an appeals court ruling upholding his corruption conviction.
Prominent businessmen reach settlements in Saudi corruption probe: source
RIYADH (Reuters) – Several prominent businessmen have reached financial settlements with Saudi Arabian authorities in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, an official source told Reuters on Friday.
Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire couple was murdered: police
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered in a targeted killing, Toronto police investigators said on Friday in their first detailed comments on the case since the couple’s bodies were found on…
Poland moves to make use of phrase ‘Polish death camps’ criminal offense
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish lawmakers approved a bill on Friday that makes it a crime, punishable by up to three years in prison, to use statements suggesting Poland bears responsibility for crimes against humanity committed by Nazi Germany.
Exclusive: Despite sanctions, North Korea exported coal to South, Japan via Russia – intelligence sources
PARIS/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of U.N. sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said.
U.S. seeks to boost case against Iran with U.N. Washington visit
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will seek to boost its case for United Nations action against Iran when Security Council envoys visit Washington on Monday to view pieces of weapons that U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley says Tehran gave to Yemen…
