Peru says Odebrecht scandal eclipses graft in Fujimori government
LIMA (Reuters) – A scandal involving bribes Brazil’s Odebrecht distributed in Peru during three presidencies is shaping up to be bigger than the massive graft case that toppled former leader Alberto Fujimori, the country’s attorney general said on Wedn…
Ukraine demands say in any Russia-U.S. talks to end conflict on its territory
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine must have a say in any deal struck between Russia and the United States aimed at ending violence in eastern Ukraine, its deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
French prosecutors open probe into report of Fillon’s wife’s fake jobs
PARIS (Reuters) – Frontrunner Francois Fillon faced a crisis in his campaign for the French presidency on Wednesday when prosecutors opened an inquiry for misuse of public funds after a press report that his wife drew a salary as his assistant but neve…
Colombia’s ELN rebels willing to call ceasefire amid peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, is ready to call a bilateral ceasefire with the government while they negotiate an end to five decades of war, a guerrilla negotiator said on Tuesday.
Trump could reinstate CIA’s secret ‘black site’ prisons: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA program to hold terrorist suspects in secret overseas “black site” prisons that used interrogation techniques often condemned…
Israel completes advanced testing of mid-range missile interceptor
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has completed successful tests of an advanced version of its ‘David’s Sling’ intermediate missile interceptor system that it is developing jointly with the United States, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
German police search homes in crackdown on far-right extremists
BERLIN (Reuters) – About 200 German police searched a dozen homes in six states on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a far-right extremist group suspected of planning armed attacks against police, Jews and asylum seekers, the chief federal pro…
Germany condemns Israel’s plans for more settlement homes on occupied land
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany, in unusually strong criticism of Israel, said on Wednesday plans to build 2,500 more settlement homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank put in doubt Israel’s stated commitment to a two-state solution with the Palestinians.
Islamic State extending attacks beyond Sinai to Egyptian heartland
CAIRO (Reuters) – “Wanted” was emblazoned across photographs posted online by Islamic State.
Trump’s defense chief to travel to South Korea, Japan next week: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis’s first trip will be to South Korea and Japan starting on Feb. 1 to meet his counterparts and “underscore the commitment of the United States to our enduring alliances,” a Pentagon spokesman…
