Accused global sex-trafficking ring busted with U.S., international arrests
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than a dozen people have been arrested and accused of running an international sex-trafficking ring that held hundreds of Thai women trapped in debt bondage across the United States, authorities said on Wedn…
Both sides in Colombia talks committed to dialogue: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Both the Colombian government and Marxist rebels are committed to dialogue to reach agreement to end the country’s 52-year-long civil war despite voters’ rejection of a peace deal, a senior U.S. State Department official said on …
‘Nowhere to go,’ shellshock in devastated Haitian port
LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – Huddled in shelters since Hurricane Matthew brought screaming winds through the Haitian port town of Les Cayes, dazed residents emerged on Wednesday to find streets under water and their homes destroyed or damaged.
Portugal’s Guterres poised to be next U.N. Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to be the ninth United Nations Secretary-General and is expected to be formally recommended to the 193-member General Assembly for election by the Security Council o…
Russia suspends nuclear agreement, ends uranium research pact with United States
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia further curtailed its cooperation with the United States in nuclear energy on Wednesday, suspending a research agreement and terminating one on uranium conversion, two days after the Kremlin shelved a plutonium pact with Washi…
Brazil leniency deals on hold for corruption probe: minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Negotiations on leniency deals between the Brazilian government and 12 companies blacklisted in the Petrobras corruption scandal have been put on hold until prosecutors conclude plea bargains with executives, Brazil’s anti-corrupti…
Michal Kovac, first president of independent Slovakia, dies at 86
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The first president of independent, post-communist Slovakia, Michal Kovac, died on Wednesday aged 86 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, President Andrej Kiska said.
India arrests 70 call-center workers accused of duping U.S. citizens
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Police in India said they arrested 70 call-centre workers on Wednesday on suspicion of tricking American citizens into sending them money by posing as U.S. tax officials.
Israeli aircraft attack Hamas in Gaza after rocket hits Israeli town
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the enclave hit an Israeli border town.
Baghdad bridles at Turkey’s military presence, warns of ‘regional war’
BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in Iraq, as each summoned the other’s ambassador in a growing row.
