Ex-Panama president’s sons detained in Miami on corruption charges
The two sons of jailed former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli have been arrested in Miami and face extradition back home on money-laundering charges, Panama’s attorney general said on Wednesday.
Well-wishers rally around ‘world’s oldest rebel,’ vet Harry Leslie Smith
Well-wishers including Canada’s prime minister are rallying around Harry Leslie Smith, the ailing nonagenarian who bills himself the “world’s oldest rebel,” after he fell and was hospitalized in Canada this week.
American missionary killed by tribe on remote Indian island
An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, local law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Libyan gunmen free kidnapped Egyptians held over business dispute
Egyptian workers taken hostage in Libya this week over a financial dispute between Libyan contractors and their Egyptian partner have been freed, a relative of one of the hostages said.
May says to return to Brussels on Saturday in bid to seal Brexit deal
Prime Minister Theresa May said she would be returning to Brussels on Saturday to hammer out an outline of Britain’s future ties with the European Union after her meeting with the head of the bloc’s executive on Wednesday failed to bridge the gaps.
Iran says U.S. bases and aircraft carriers within missile range
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles, as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington.
Counter-terrorism police investigating makeshift bombs found in London flat
British counter-terrorism police were investigating two suspected improvised explosive devices discovered in an unoccupied flat in northwest London on Wednesday.
UK’s Hammond says no-deal Brexit would cost tens of billions
Leaving the European Union without a transition deal would cost Britain tens of billions of pounds, and failure to support Prime Minister Theresa May’s preferred plan could jeopardized Brexit altogether, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesda…
Dolce & Gabbana cancels Shanghai show after “chopsticks” ad causes uproar
Dolce & Gabbana canceled a fashion show in Shanghai on Wednesday, after a series of advertisements for the brand in which a Chinese woman struggles to eat pizza and spaghetti with chopsticks drew condemnation from Chinese celebrities and on social media.
Kosovo hits Serbia, Bosnia with 100 percent customs fees after Interpol snub
Kosovo on Wednesday raised customs tariffs on Serbian and Bosnian goods from 10 to 100 percent after Serbia blocked its former province from joining Interpol, the international police organization.
