West prepares sanctions as Russia presses on with Crimea takeover
SEVASTOPOL/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Dozens of Russians linked to Russia’s gradual takeover of Crimea could face U.S. and EU travel bans and asset freezes on Monday, after six hours of crisis talks between Washington and Moscow ended with both sides…
Suspected Uighurs rescued from Thai trafficking camp
HAT YAI, Thailand (Reuters) – Police rescued about 200 people believed to be Muslim Uighurs from a human smuggling camp in southern Thailand, police sources said on Friday, in the latest crackdown on a burgeoning trafficking network in Southeast Asia.
Slovak PM Fico fights political newcomer for presidency
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovaks vote on Saturday to pick a new president in an election that will either cement Prime Minister Robert Fico’s power in the central European country or usher in an independent.
Peru former President Fujimori hospitalized after stroke
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s jailed former president, Alberto Fujimori, was hospitalized and in stable condition on Friday after suffering a small stroke, doctors said.
U.S. to seek extradition of Ukrainian industrialist
WASHINGTON/VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.S. government will ask Austria to extradite Ukrainian industrialist Dmytro Firtash to face charges filed in a Chicago court arising from an investigation into international corruption, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday…
French court sentences Rwandan ex-soldier for genocide role
PARIS (Reuters) – A Paris court sentenced a former Rwandan soldier to 25 years in jail on Friday for his role in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, in France’s first trial to punish those responsible for the three-month wave of violence.
U.S. prosecutors again indict Indian diplomat Khobragade
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A grand jury in New York has returned a new indictment against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade for visa fraud, two days after a U.S. judge dismissed a similar indictment because she had diplomatic immunity.
Sri Lanka arrests Tamil woman who pressed case for disappeared rebel son
COLOMBO (Reuters) – An ethnic Tamil woman who has become a prominent face in the effort to find out what happened to the tens of thousands who disappeared in the final stages of Sri Lanka’s 26-year war has been arrested, the main Tamil party TNA said o…
Dominican Republic homicide rate hits lowest level in 11 years
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – The homicide rate in the Dominican Republic plunged to an 11-year low in 2013 as the government used the military to back up the National Police, bucking the trend in the Caribbean where increased drug trafficking has brought …
Reconstruction of Timbuktu tombs begins in Mali
DAKAR (Reuters) – Malian masons on Friday began rebuilding mausoleums in the historic city of Timbuktu destroyed by Islamists during their occupation of the country’s north, the United Nations said.
