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Uruguayan alleged cartel leader Marset arrested in Bolivia
ASUNCION/MONTEVIDEO, March 13 (Reuters) – Uruguayan alleged drug trafficker Sebastian Marset has been arrested in Bolivia, the chief of Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat told a local radio station in Paraguay […]
Incumbent Sassou favoured in Congo Republic ballot amid rights concerns
DAKAR/BRAZZAVILLE, March 13 (Reuters) – The Republic of Congo heads to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election expected to keep longtime ruler Denis Sassou Nguesso in power, with his […]
Algerian army kills four militants in counter-terrorism operation
TUNIS, March 13 (Reuters) – Algerian army units killed four armed militants during a counterterrorism operation in the northeastern region of Tebessa, the defence ministry said on Friday. Read full […]
Mexico’s heartthrob security minister now available as miniature doll, shirtless or dressed as Batman
MEXICO CITY, March 13 (Reuters) – Mexico’s Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch in real life wears a suit, but he can also now be found in Mexican markets and stores […]
Zelenskiy heads to France as Iran war distracts from Ukraine
PARIS, March 13 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will seek reassurances of support from one of Kyiv’s key Western allies on Friday, arriving in Paris at a time when […]
How an obscure banker slipped into Brazil’s political inner circle, triggering a scandal
BRASILIA, March 13 (Reuters) – For years Daniel Vorcaro was best known in Brazil’s financial world as the head of Banco Master, a bank whose breakneck expansion left some analysts puzzled. Read full story […]
ASEAN ministers urge halt to Middle East war as crisis rattles energy and trade
MANILA, March 13 (Reuters) – ASEAN foreign and economic ministers on Friday called for an immediate halt to the war in the Middle East, and said the effects of surging […]
Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is “about to surrender,” Axios reports
March 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Trump told G7 leaders in a virtual meeting on Wednesday that Iran is “about to surrender,” Axios reported on Friday citing three officials from […]
Four US service members killed in plane crash over Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – Four of the six crew members aboard a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in western Iraq are confirmed to have been killed, the U.S. military […]
Cuban president, under pressure from economic crisis and from Trump, to address media
HAVANA, March 13 (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is scheduled to address Cuban media on Friday in a rare appearance that comes amid a severe economic crisis and as […]