Mexico asks Panama to extradite detained ex-state governor
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican attorney general’s office said on Thursday it asked Panama to extradite a former state governor from President Enrique Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), after being arrested there last month on co…
Sessions, Central American counterparts eye anti-gang strategies
SAN SALVADOR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and several of his Central American counterparts will explore strategies to combat criminal gangs during his visit to El Salvador, that country’s foreign minister said on Thursday….
Mexico must pay police much more to end violence: presidential candidate
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico must significantly improve police pay and conditions to end chronic drug gang violence plaguing the country, said a former foreign minister now running for the presidency.
Ex-Panama President Martinelli asks U.S. Supreme Court to allow bail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to release him from a Florida jail while he fights Panama’s efforts to extradite him.
Qatar seeks options at United Nations to overcome Gulf rift
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister on Thursday accused Arab states of violating international law in their boycott of the country and described the United Nations as the “right place” for Doha to seek options to overcome measures impos…
Britain presses Syria, Russia to allow aid access to besieged areas
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Britain pressed Syria and its ally Russia on Thursday to allow access to humanitarian aid in the war-torn country as a senior U.N. official told the Security Council that aid convoys had not been able to reach 540,000 people …
U.S. general: North Korea ICBM threat advancing faster than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. General Mark Milley, the chief of staff of the Army, said on Thursday that North Korea’s July 4 test of an intercontinental ballistic missile showed its capabilities were advancing significantly and faster than many had expe…
At least 30 dead after attempted rescue of abducted oil team in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 30 people including civilians and members of the military have died after an attempted rescue of an oil exploration team kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria, officials told Reuters on…
Germany defends performance of crashed Tiger helicopter in Mali
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s defense ministry on Thursday defended the performance of its Tiger helicopters as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali amid indications that Wednesday’s deadly crash of one of the aircraft was due to technical factor…
Arab League urges Israel to learn lessons from Al-Aqsa crisis
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Arab League said on Thursday Israel’s removal of new security measures that sparked days of violence at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque had solved the immediate crisis but urged it to learn lessons by desisting from any such steps in f…
