Haiti to hold presidential vote in November, after hurricane delay
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti will hold the first round of its serially delayed presidential election on Nov. 20 to give time for people in areas of the country affected by Hurricane Matthew to recover enough to vote, the electoral council said on F…
Argentina demands UK halts military exercise in disputed Falklands
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina complained on Friday about military exercises that Britain is planning this month in the disputed Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
Nigerian military confirms attack on state-owned NNPC’s oil pipeline in Delta
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Vandals attacked a crude pipeline belonging to Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC in the restive Niger Delta, a military spokesman said on Friday.
China steps up rhetoric in criticism of young Hong Kong lawmakers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China on Friday expressed “great indignation and strong condemnation” of two Hong Kong lawmakers who raised the disputed issue of independence this week at their official swearing-in ceremony.
Drug kingpin Guzman U.S. extradition set for early 2017: senior official
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico expects to extradite captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States at the outset of 2017, a top government official said on Friday, despite ongoing appeals by lawyers to block his departure.
Scotland could control its own migration after Brexit, says Scots minister
GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) – Scotland may try to wrest control over migration as part of a new enhanced devolution deal once Britain leaves the European Union, Scotland’s minister for EU negotiations said on Friday.
Migrants begin new life outside France’s ‘Jungle’ camp
MERIGNAC, France (Reuters) – In a dank flat in southwestern France, 23-year-old Nasir stares at a living room wall bare except for a list of emergency numbers and contemplates life for his asylum-seeking family outside the migrant camp in Calais that h…
Week of violence in South Sudan kills 60, government says
JUBA (Reuters) – Fighting in South Sudan killed at least 60 people this week, the military said on Friday, stoking fears the region could plunge back into full-scale war.
Thailand’s King Bhumibol takes final journey past grieving subjects
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Buddhist monks on Friday chanted prayers over the remains of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the riverside Grand Palace in Bangkok, ahead of a traditional royal cremation that will need months to prepare.
Militants ambush security convoy in Indian Kashmir, killing two
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Militants ambushed a convoy carrying paramilitary forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, killing two security officers and wounding seven others, police said.
