Floods death toll rises in Chile, president cancels trips
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains and flooding that battered Chile last week has risen to 23, with another 57 still missing, and President Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday she would cancel upcoming trips to lead ongoing reconstruc…
Dominican Republic busts child sex parties to combat trafficking
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Matt and seven traffickers lay face down and handcuffed in a luxury villa one afternoon last month, surrounded by Dominican police pointing guns at them, he knew the sting operation had been a success.
In Nigeria, ‘Buharism’ will need to modernize fast
NALYSISABUJA (Reuters) – As Muhammadu Buhari sat in front of the TV watching his election victory unfold, Nigeria’s future president took care to be photographed beside a Muslim elder and a bishop, a choreographed statement of unity in a religiously mi…
Economics to trump politics in Turkey’s rift with Iran
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and Iran have accused each other of trying to dominate the Middle East as they back opposing sides in the crisis in Yemen, but the war of words is unlikely to permanently damage a relationship driven by deepening economic ties…
Poland risks breaching court ruling on CIA jail: lawyer
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland must de-classify details of an investigation into a secret CIA jail on its soil, or it will be in breach of a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling, a lawyer for a former inmate at the secret jail said.
Jordan shuts border crossing with Syria after fighting
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan said it had temporarily closed its border crossing with Syria on Wednesday because of violence on the other side of the frontier, a move it described as a precautionary measure.
Al Qaeda in Syria signals sharia law for captured city
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front indicated on Wednesday that a Syrian city captured from the government in recent days would be ruled according to Islamic sharia law but the group would not seek to monopolize power there.
Prosecutor dies of wounds after Istanbul hostage shootout
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An Istanbul prosecutor died from his wounds after security forces stormed the office where members of a far-left Turkish group took him hostage on Tuesday, killing his two captors.
Chile’s Bachelet approval sinks amid political and natural storms
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s approval ratings have plunged to their lowest level ever, a poll showed on Wednesday, after a month of natural disasters and political corruption scandals that have diverted attention from her …
France’s Sarkozy questioned on suspect political funding
PARIS (Reuters) – Doubts over Nicolas Sarkozy’s political funding returned to haunt the French ex-president on Wednesday when the prosecutor said investigators had questioned him in an affair that could cloud his chance of a re-election bid in 2017.
