Pakistan army launches new air strikes near Afghan border
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s army launched new air strikes targeting militant hideouts in the tribal region of North Waziristan on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and setting off a wave of refugees, military officials and local residen…
Peru keeps finance minister in cabinet shuffle, names fifth PM
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Ollanta Humala reappointed his finance minister in a major cabinet reshuffle late on Monday that also replaced the mines minister and made the current housing minister his fifth prime minister.
Arrest of son of ‘Shorty’ Guzman aide led to Mexico kingpin’s capture
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The arrest of the son of Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman’s deputy at the U.S.-Mexico border was an important break in the operation that led to the drug lord’s capture, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said on Sunday.
Arrest of son of ‘Shorty’ Guzman aide led to Mexico kingpin’s capture
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The arrest of the son of Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman’s deputy at the U.S.-Mexico border was an important break in the operation that led to the drug lord’s capture, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said on Sunday.
Costa Rica seeks court ruling on Nicaragua border dispute
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) – Costa Rica will ask the International Court of Justice to settle a decade-old maritime border dispute with Nicaragua related to potential oil concessions, President Laura Chinchilla said on Monday.
Costa Rica seeks court ruling on Nicaragua border dispute
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) – Costa Rica will ask the International Court of Justice to settle a decade-old maritime border dispute with Nicaragua related to potential oil concessions, President Laura Chinchilla said on Monday.
Peru’s Humala names fifth PM, keeps finance minister in cabinet shuffle
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Ollanta Humala named his housing minister as his fifth prime minister on Monday in a cabinet shuffle that reappointed his widely respected finance but replaced his energy and mines minister.
Venezuela death toll rises to 13 as protests flare
CARACAS (Reuters) – Anti-government demonstrators put up barricades and set fire to trash in Caracas on Monday despite calls from within the opposition to rein in protests that have led to 13 deaths in Venezuela’s worst unrest for a decade.
Cameroon frees French national after 17 years behind bars
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon authorities have freed a French national whose 17-year imprisonment on corruption charges became a source of tension between the two countries and drew appeals from France’s president and the U.N. human rights agency.
Turkish PM’s office says Erdogan recordings are faked
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s office said voice recordings on YouTube purportedly of Erdogan telling his son to dispose of large sums of money on the day news broke of a graft inquiry into his government were fake and “comp…
