Peru prosecutors open graft probe into ex-leader Garcia: source
LIMA (Reuters) – Public prosecutors in Peru have opened a preliminary probe into the country’s former President Alan Garcia as part of a far-reaching inquiry into bribes that Brazilian builder Odebrecht SA has acknowledged distributing to win local con…
Paraguay rioters set fire to Congress after Senate re-election vote
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay’s Congress on Friday after the Senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.
Air strikes hit hospital in Syria’s Hama last week: MSF
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes struck a hospital in western Syria last week, killing two people, and there is evidence chemical weapons were used, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday.
Italy wins G7 backing for U.N. peacekeeping force for culture
ROME (Reuters) – The G7 group of rich nations committed on Friday to pursuing the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to protect world heritage sites from destruction in conflict and combating the trafficking of plundered treasures.
U.N. special envoy warns against military operation on Yemen port
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Nations does not advocate a military operation in and around Yemen’s Hodeidah port where more than 70 percent of Yemen’s food imports and humanitarian aid is delivered, the U.N. special envoy to Yemen said on Friday.
Trump seeks to ‘reboot’ U.S. relationship with Egypt in Monday talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will seek to rebuild the U.S. relationship with Egypt at a Monday meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi focused on security issues and military aid, a senior White House official said on Frid…
In Lebanese town, mounting trash shows strain of refugees
BAR ELIAS, LEBANON (Reuters) – At the entrance of a rural town in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, a blue sign says “Welcome to Bar Elias, population 50,000” but in the past six years, that number has more than doubled with Syrians seeking shelter from the war …
U.S. sanctions North Koreans it links to weapons, financial networks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday sanctioned 11 North Koreans and one North Korean company for their links to the country’s weapons programs, banks and commodities trade, the U.S. Treasury said.
Syrian warring sides went into substance, detail in talks: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Representatives of Syria’s warring sides went into considerable detail on the substance of the agreed agenda during a round of Syria talks that ended on Friday, and are keen to return for another round, U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistu…
U.N. council renews Congo peacekeeping mission, lowers troop cap
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday cut the troop cap by 18 percent for its peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo after reaching a compromise with the United States, which wanted a bigger cut to the largest an…
