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…
Exclusive: Peru political deal paved way for Fujimori pardon – source
LIMA (Reuters) – Three months before he granted Alberto Fujimori a pardon on medical grounds, Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski met the jailed former leader’s son, lawmaker Kenji Fujimori, to discuss his release, a source close to the president sa…
France’s Macron calls for new EU sanctions on Venezuela
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for new European Union sanctions on Venezuela given the governments latest shift to authoritarianism.
Richardson says Suu Kyi living in a ‘bubble’, but is Myanmar’s best hope
LONDON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “isolated” and living in a “bubble”, according to veteran U.S. politician Bill Richardson, who quit an international panel advising her government on the Rohingya crisis after clashing with the No…
Canadian pharmaceutical billionaires were murdered: police
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian pharmaceutical billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered in a targeted killing, Toronto police said on Friday, but no one has been charged in their deaths.
Niger jails nine soldiers accused of coup attempt
NIAMEY (Reuters) – A Nigerien court jailed nine soldiers for between five and 15 years on Friday for an attempted coup against President Mahamadou Issoufou two years ago, a court document showed.
