Dominican Republic imprisons suspects in Odebrecht case pending trial
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – A judge in the Dominican Republic ordered several suspects awaiting trial in a bribery scandal engulfing Brazilian company Odebrecht to be sent to prison on Wednesday until their case is heard.
Bodies, debris from missing army plane pulled from sea off Myanmar
YANGON/SANLAN, Myanmar (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled 29 bodies from the sea off Myanmar’s southern coast on Thursday, after a military plane went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew, prompting bitter tears from several relatives of those a…
Japan ruling party heavyweight to visit South Korea June 10-13
TOKYO (Reuters) – The secretary-general of Japan’s ruling party will visit South Korea at the weekend and is likely to meet new president Moon Jae-in, a party official said on Thursday, just days after North Korea conducted its fourth missile launch in…
Colombia’s FARC rebels have handed over 30 percent of weapons
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group said on Wednesday it has handed in 30 percent of its weaponry to the United Nations, part of a peace deal signed with the government last year to end more than 52 years of war.
Violence engulfs Venezuelan capital, teenage protester dies
CARACAS (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Venezuelan protester died in ferocious clashes between security forces and protesters in Caracas on Wednesday, taking the death toll from unrest since April to at least 66.
Mexico files extradition request for ex-governor with Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala said on Wednesday it had received a formal request from Mexico to extradite former Veracruz state Governor Javier Duarte, who was arrested in the Central American country on April 15 after several months on the run…
North Korea fires suspected land-to-ship missiles as South Korea delays THAAD
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the South postponed full deployment of a controversial U.S. anti-missile system designed to d…
Using clandestine tactics, Venezuela opposition gains ground with poor
CARACAS (Reuters) – While the streets of the affluent east of the Venezuelan capital Caracas overflowed with protesters during a recent anti-government march, no-one demonstrated in the west side’s 23 de Enero slum.
U.S.-backed forces seize Raqqa ruins; U.N. sees ‘dire’ situation
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian forces aiming to oust Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold Raqqa captured a ruined fortress on the edge of the city on Wednesday and a U.S. coalition official said the attack was set to accelerate.
U.S. says Syria bombing was legal; rights group disputes findings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military investigator said on Wednesday that a March 16 air strike near Aleppo, Syria, was a valid and legal attack on a meeting of al Qaeda fighters and did not kill dozens of civilians as reported, a finding disputed by …
