Suriname leader’s son’s ‘right-hand man’ guilty in U.S. drug case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Surinamese man who U.S. authorities said acted as the “right-hand man” to the son of the country’s president during a scheme to send large amounts of cocaine to the United States was found guilty of trying to ship the drug, prose…
Syrian army expects to retake Palmyra ‘within hours’: TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian soldiers and their allies advanced to within 1 km (half a mile) of Palmyra on Thursday and soldiers speaking from the outskirts of the historic city said they hoped to recapture it from Islamic State fighters within hours.
Turkish tourism and economy struggle due to bombings, Russia chill
ANKARA (Reuters) – Suicide bombings in Istanbul, a row with the Kremlin and hard times for the Russian middle class – all these factors spell trouble for Turkey’s tourist industry and its wider economy.
In India’s Kolkata, poor sleep where they work to send more money home
KOLKATA (Reuters) – In India’s Kolkata, street workers from second-hand clothes sellers to rickshaw drivers say they rest and sleep where they work, too poor to afford a home of their own.
More aid agencies pull out of Greek camps, spurning EU deal
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – More aid agencies helping refugees and migrants arriving in Greece said they were joining a boycott of detention centers on Wednesday, angered at an EU deal they say runs roughshod over human rights.
U.N. Libya envoy says prevented from flying to Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The U.N. envoy to Libya said on Wednesday he had been forced to cancel a flight to Tripoli because he had not been granted landing rights by the self-declared government there.
Ex-officials at Venezuela’s PDVSA pleaded guilty in bribe case: U.S.
(Reuters) – Three former officials at Venezuela’s state oil company have pleaded guilty to U.S. charges related to a scheme by two businessmen to corruptly secure energy contracts, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Egypt supply minister says close to wiping out graft in wheat sector
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s supply minister said the world’s top wheat buyer is close to eradicating graft in its strategic sector, defending the country’s management of the system against criticisms that it is vulnerable to corruption.
Turkish court to hear indictment against top businessmen
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An Istanbul court has agreed to hear a case being brought by the state prosecutor against the chairman of Turkey’s biggest listed bank and the founder of its largest media group on charges they ran a fuel-smuggling ring a decade ag…
Kyrgyz security service accuse opposition of planning mass riots
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s state security body said on Wednesday it had audio recordings that showed several opposition politicians planned mass riots to oust President Almazbek Atambayev, but two of the accused politicians denounced the recordin…
