Colombia says U.N. staff dancing with rebels ‘distorts’ peace mission
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government on Wednesday asked a United Nations mission tasked with supervising the demobilization of Marxist FARC rebels to safeguard its neutrality, after the publication of a video showing UN staff dancing with rebels at…
U.S. to transfer four Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will transfer four detainees to Saudi Arabia from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in the next 24 hours, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in President Barack Obama’s final push to shrink the inmate population…
U.S. obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies obtained what they considered to be conclusive evidence after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks through a third party, three …
Brazil prison riot, a ‘butchery foretold,’ sparks fear of more killings
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The killing of 56 inmates by fellow prisoners in Brazil’s deadliest jail uprising in decades was a “butchery foretold” by escalating turf wars between drug gangs that threatens to plunge a chaotic penitentiary system deeper into v…
Taiwan’s military may be first casualty in pension crisis
TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military pension fund may be in default by 2020 after years of widening deficits, raising alarm about the island’s defense stability when tensions are heating up with political foe China.
Venezuela names economy czar, oil minister in cabinet shuffle
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday shuffled his cabinet by naming a new economy czar to oversee the OPEC country’s decaying socialist system and a new oil minister to confront the economic difficulties caused by low oi…
Israel sentences Palestinian U.N. worker for aiding Hamas in plea deal
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian U.N. worker to seven months in jail on Wednesday for aiding the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations agency that employed him said.
Trump voices new doubts about Russian efforts to sway U.S. vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump voiced new doubts on Wednesday that Russian hackers attempted to influence the U.S. election on his behalf, saying WikiLeaks had denied Moscow was behind documents it made public during the campaign.
UK’s May taps career diplomat to replace EU envoy after scathing resignation
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a senior career diplomat as envoy to the European Union on Wednesday to replace an ambassador who quit with a scathing resignation letter that exposed frustration among officials over her …
Felled by Trump visit, Mexico’s ex-finance minister named foreign minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s president on Wednesday revived the career of his fallen former finance minister, appointing him foreign minister just four months after he was replaced in the wake of a controversial visit by Donald Trump.
