Venezuelan woman shot dead during latest looting
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – A Venezuelan woman died on Monday after being shot in the face when looters raided state food warehouses, her family said, in the latest unrest in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.
Mexico minister rues ‘intolerance’ in the U.S., urges more integration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign minister mounted a robust defense of her nation’s economic importance to the United States on Monday and condemned anti-migrant rhetoric and a “climate of intolerance” in its neighbor — a thinly-veiled critique …
Mexican security forces committed crimes against humanity: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces have committed crimes against humanity, with mass disappearances and extrajudicial killings rife during the country’s decade-long drug war, according to a report released by rights groups on Monday.
British pedophile gets life for Malaysian, Cambodian crimes
LONDON (Reuters) – A British pedophile, who abused 23 Malaysian and Cambodian children and babies including one aged just six months, was sentenced to life in prison by a London court on Monday.
Haiti scraps election; interim president says could stay for months
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s interim president, Jocelerme Privert, said he will stay in office until next year to transfer power to an elected president unless parliament rules otherwise, after the electoral council on Monday scrapped the results…
El Salvador arrests ex-head of prisons over gang truce graft charges
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador arrested the former head of the national prisons system on Monday on suspicion of corruption during the implementation of an infamous gang truce, the country’s police said.
Boko Haram retakes Niger town of Bosso, says mayor
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Boko Haram retook the town of Bosso in southeastern Niger on Sunday night after clashes with soldiers from Niger and Nigeria, the mayor of Bosso and a military source said on Monday, although the Nigerien government said it had contr…
Brazil’s impeachment trial to run into Rio Olympics
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The impeachment trial of Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff will conclude in the middle of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August, according to a timeline decided on Monday by the Senate impeachment commission.
U.S. fighter jets bomb 16 more IS targets in Syria, Iraq: U.S. admiral
ABOARD USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (Reuters) – U.S. Navy fighter jets flying from an aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea bombed 16 new Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on Monday.
Mexico ruling party routed in regional vote on graft, gang violence
XALAPA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling party lost several bastions in Sunday’s regional elections to the center-right opposition, dealing a heavy blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto for failing to crack down on corruption and gang violence.
