Colombia’s FARC rebels to hold final conference, peace vote September 13-19
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s main rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces, said in a statement on Saturday they will hold their final conference on Sept. 13-19 to ratify a peace accord with the government.
Nephew of Sinaloa cartel leader killed in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A nephew of one of the leaders of the powerful Sinaloa cartel was murdered, the state prosecutors office said on Saturday, the latest attack on the groups family members.
Bolivia accuses mining leader and two others of minister’s murder
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia on Saturday formally accused three miners of the murder of Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes this week, including the president of the federation that had organized protests and a roadblock.
Bangladesh police kill ‘mastermind’ of Dhaka cafe attack
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh security forces killed three Islamist militants on Saturday, including a Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen accused of masterminding an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, police sai…
Italy grieves as state funeral is held for quake victims
ASCOLI PICENO, Italy (Reuters) – Weeping relatives hugged each other and reached out to touch the simple wooden coffins at a state funeral on Saturday for some of the 291 people killed in an earthquake this week.
Venezuela ex-mayor Ceballos sent to prison from house arrest
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan intelligence agents on Saturday took Daniel Ceballos, a former opposition mayor accused of fomenting opposition protests, to prison from house arrest in the capital of Caracas, according to his wife and the country’s inte…
Bongo aims to extend 50-year family rule in Gabon election
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon voted on Saturday amid discontent over its failure to raise living standards despite oil wealth, in a poll posing the biggest challenge yet to President Ali Bongo, whose family has run the central African nation for half a …
Sarkozy says Britain should manage asylum seekers on its own territory
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is attempting a political comeback before next year’s election, said on Saturday that Britain should open an asylum center on its territory to deal with asylum seekers now camped in Calais….
Yemen’s exiled government welcomes U.S. plan for restart of peace talks
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Saudi-backed exiled government said on Saturday it welcomed a plan agreed by the United States, Gulf Arab states and the United Nations to restart peace talks with a goal of forming a unity government.
Scandal-hit Gupta family says plans to sell South African holdings
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s wealthy Gupta family, which has been accused of holding undue political sway over President Jacob Zuma, said on Saturday it planned to dispose of all stakes it holds in South African businesses before the end of …
