Two Shell oil workers kidnapped, police killed, in Nigeria’s Delta: police
Two Royal Dutch Shell oil workers were kidnapped, and their police escorts killed, in Nigeria’s restive Delta region, a police spokesman said on Friday.
Brazil led world in rainforest losses in 2018 despite decline from 2017: research group
(This April 26 story corrects first paragraph to show that the decline is for primary deforestation, not overall deforestation; corrects decline to 37 percent, not 70 percent; corrects throughout to show that losses are for primary deforestation, not o…
U.N. says 21 Venezuelans missing after boat sinks in Caribbean
At least 21 Venezuelans were missing after their boat sank on the way to the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
Brazil’s indigenous tribes protest Bolsonaro assimilation plan
Thousands of people representing the more than 300 tribes native to Brazil marched to government offices in Brasilia on Friday to protest the policies of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro that threaten their reservation lands.
U.S. man released from Venezuelan prison after five years
A U.S. citizen arrested in Venezuela in 2014 on weapons trafficking and attempted murder charges his family called “trumped-up” was released this week, his family said in a statement on Friday.
Exclusive: U.S. accelerates plan to drastically downsize Kabul embassy
(Refiles story published on April 25 to restore dropped last line.)
Bolsonaro’s sons bash vice president, widening rifts in Brazil government
A barrage of criticism this week from the sons of Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro aimed at the vice president has laid bare stark divisions in his cabinet, raising serious concerns from senior members of his four-month-old government.
Panama tribunal rules ex-President Martinelli cannot run in election
Panama’s electoral tribunal has ruled that former President Ricardo Martinelli, who is awaiting trial on wiretapping charges, cannot run in next month’s elections, but the politician vowed on Friday to retake the presidency in the following vote.
Hundreds of migrants in southern Mexico board ‘The Beast’ heading north
Hundreds of migrants hoping to reach the United States boarded a freight train in southern Mexico late on Thursday, frustrated by efforts to slow their progress by the Mexican government, which is under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Femen protest interrupts far-right Vox’s Spanish election rally
Three topless women protesters with the slogan “this isn’t patriotism, it’s fascism” scrawled across their chests interrupted the final election rally of Spanish far-right party Vox in central Madrid on Friday evening.
