Former Colombian paramilitary leader sentenced in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Colombia paramilitary leader was sentenced to 16 1/2 years in prison on Friday for conspiring to import and distribute tons of cocaine into the United States, the Justice Department said.
Gulf states, BRICs should do more for Syrian refugees: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wealthy Gulf Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar as well as the so-called BRICs emerging market nations should do more to help Syrian refugees, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
Russia suspends Egypt flights, U.S. boosts security as intelligence points to bomb
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Moscow suspended passenger flights to Egypt and the United States imposed new air travel security requirements in the wake of the crash of a Russian jet in Egypt, as Western officials pointed on Friday to the conclusion it…
Exclusive: Chemical weapons used by fighters in Syria – sources
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters.
Mexico targets business boom in Cuba as Castro visits
MERIDA, Mexico (Reuters) – After standing by Communist Cuba in its years of international isolation, Mexico welcomed Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday as it seeks to turn Havana’s thawing relations with the United States into a major business oppor…
Police say arrest 83 Biafran separatists in Nigerian oil state
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian police said they arrested more than 80 members of a Biafran separatist movement on Friday during one of a series of protests across the oil-rich southeast against the detention of the group’s leader.
Two killed after dams burst at Brazil iron mine, many missing
MARIANA, Brazil (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and 30 others injured after two dams collapsed at a Brazilian iron ore mine, officials said on Friday, as rescuers searched for the missing under mud and debris from colossal floods that devas…
Exclusive: U.S. to open new screening centers for Syrian refugees – State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States by opening new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon, administration officials told Reuters…
Get Shorty: Argentina on alert for escaped Mexico drug lord Guzman
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina was on high alert after getting a tip that escaped Mexican drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman may be somewhere along the country’s mountainous southern border with Chile, Argentine Security Secretary Sergio Berni sai…
U.S. patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy deliberately avoided military drills or other actions that could have further inflamed tensions with Beijing during a patrol last week near islands China has built in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said.
