Banned ‘narco’ soap overtaken by Venezuela’s real-life scandal
CARACAS (Reuters) – It reads like a typical Latin American soap opera: two relatives of Venezuela’s president were caught in their Haitian hotel and whisked to the United States to face cocaine charges.
U.S. says no diplomatic immunity for Venezuelans charged in drug case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who were arrested on charges of cocaine trafficking do not have diplomatic immunity from prosecution, the U.S. State Department spokesman said on Friday.
Rights group says migrants face beatings, abuse in Bulgaria
BELGRADE/SOFIA (Reuters) – Migrants coming through Bulgaria have faced beatings, threats and other abuses by police, a rights group reported on Friday, though the country’s own refugee agency said it had received no such complaints.
Kurdish forces seize Iraq’s Sinjar town from Islamic State
NEAR SINJAR TOWN (Reuters) – Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State on Friday, a Reuters witness said, in one of the most significant counter-attacks since the militants swept through the n…
Wounded toll at 25,000 a month in Syria, medicines lacking, cholera feared: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – About 25,000 people are wounded each month in escalating warfare in Syria and it getting harder to deliver medical supplies for civilians trapped in areas held by Islamic State insurgents, the World Health Organization said on Friday…
Chile’s high court asks Vatican for records in sex abuse case
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s Supreme Court on Thursday formally requested that the Vatican hand over all records that Pope Francis has relied upon to defend a Chilean bishop whose alleged knowledge and cover-up of church sex abuse has provoked controve…
Macri runs confident campaign in Argentina’s run-off election
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – After turning Argentina’s presidential race on its head, opposition challenger Mauricio Macri is the new favorite to win, confident enough to stand firm even on economic policies that have alienated some voters.
Russia bans EgyptAir flights from Nov. 14: officials
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has banned incoming flights by Egypt’s state-owned airline, a senior Russian diplomat and an official of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport said on Friday, two weeks after a Russian jet crash in Sinai that Islamist militants claimed …
Venezuelan first lady’s family in spotlight with U.S. arrest of nephews
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores is so well-known for helping relatives get government jobs that the arrest of two of her nephews on U.S. drug charges has spawned a joke in opposition circles: “Not all of her family can work in th…
Catalan separatists would win majority of votes if new election held: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan separatists would win a majority of votes and of seats in the regional parliament if an election were held today, an official opinion poll showed on Friday.
