Panama to cancel Odebrecht contract amid corruption scandal
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama said on Tuesday it will cancel a contract given to Brazil’s Odebrecht and will not allow the company to participate in public bids, shortly after Odebrecht admitted to bribing officials in Panama and other countries to ob…
China police need to root out ‘pernicious influence’ of jailed security chief
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Public Security Ministry, which runs the police, needs to deepen efforts to root out the “pernicious influence” of jailed former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, the ministry’s Communist Party committee said on Wednesd…
Chinese carrier docks after drill amid new tension over Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s sole aircraft carrier has arrived at a naval base on the southern Chinese province of Hainan, a senior Taiwanese military officer said on Wednesday, after drills that took it around self-ruled Taiwan, an island China claims a…
Ex-Argentine leader Fernandez indicted, tied to nuns and guns scandal
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted on Tuesday on charges she ran a corruption scheme with a public works secretary who was arrested in June while trying to stash millions of dollars in a convent.
Cuba passes law that bans naming sites after Fidel Castro
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s National Assembly approved a law on Tuesday that bans commemorative statues of Fidel Castro and naming public places after him, in accordance with the wishes of the revolutionary leader, who died last month.
Israel pressing ahead with settlements after U.N. vote
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Jerusalem municipality is due to act on Wednesday on requests to construct hundreds of new homes for Israelis in areas that Israel captured in 1967 and annexed to the city, drawing fresh criticism from the United States that s…
Erdogan says U.S.-led coalition gives support to terrorist groups in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he has evidence that U.S.-led coalition forces give support to terrorist groups including the Islamic State and Kurdish militant groups YPG and PYD, he said on Tuesday.
Russia calls U.S. move to better arm Syrian rebels a ‘hostile act’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday that a U.S. decision to ease restrictions on arming Syrian rebels had opened the way for deliveries of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, a move it said would directly threaten Russian forces in Syria.
South Korea special prosecutor detains pension fund chairman
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean special prosecution team investigating the corruption scandal that has engulfed the country’s presidency said it had placed the chairman of the National Pension Service (NPS) under emergency detention early on Wednesday…
Wing flap fault main theory behind Black Sea Russian jet crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators looking into the crash of a military plane that crashed, killing all 92 on board, believe a fault with its wing flaps was the reason it plunged into the Black Sea, an investigative source told the Interfax news …
