Anti-crime effort in Puerto Rico is paying off, officials say
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – An anti-crime initiative that put more federal agents in Puerto Rico and boosted coordination with the U.S. mainland is making streets safer in both places, top U.S. and Puerto Rican law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
Former Auschwitz guard charged in ‘last chance’ push for justice
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors on Thursday charged a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Auschwitz death camp as an accessory to murder, part of a renewed drive to bring lower-level Nazi collaborators to justice before they die.
Mali says Sahel needs rapid reaction force to fight Islamists
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Mali’s newly elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita called on Thursday for nations in the Sahara region to create a regional multilateral force that could intervene quickly to respond to the ongoing Islamist threat across t…
Argentina, Spain join up to pressure Britain on Falklands, Gibraltar
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina and Spain agreed on Thursday to team up to pressure Britain to discuss their separate claims on British territories: the Falklands in the south Atlantic and Gibraltar near the southern tip of Spain.
Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar ‘open jail’ remarks
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal recalled its ambassador in Qatar on Thursday after she called the Gulf state an “open jail” for Nepalis who suffer labor abuses, and amid outrage about labor conditions and deaths as the emirate prepares to host the 2022 Wor…
Divers find human remains on site of Italy cruise ship wreck
ROME (Reuters) – Divers on Thursday recovered what they believe could be the remains of the last two missing bodies from the sea where the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank last year off the Italian island of Giglio.
Italian PM Letta to meet president over political crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said he would meet President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday to discuss the tense political situation following threats by the center-right party of Silvio Berlusconi to pull out of his coalition go…
Harper: Obama assures him Keystone verdict to be based on facts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The logic behind the Keystone XL pipeline is “simply overwhelming,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday, adding that U.S. President Barack Obama had assured him his decision on the project would be based on fact…
Chinese firm wins Turkey’s missile defense system tender
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Chinese defense firm CPMIEC has won a Turkish tender to co-produce a long-range air and missile defense system, a statement from the Turkish defense minister said on Thursday.
Honduras drug gang asset seizure totals $800 million: official
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Bank accounts and assets seized last week from a gang of suspected Honduran drug traffickers wanted by the U.S. government are worth $800 million, a police official said on Thursday.
