Suspected Camorra boss arrested on Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) — Police in Brazil say they have arrested a suspected boss of the Naples-based organized crime syndicate known as the Camorra after almost 30 years on the run.
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Charter buying Time Warner Cable as TV viewers go online
NEW YORK (AP) — As TV watchers increasingly look online for their fix, cable companies are bulking up. In the latest round, Charter Communications is buying Time Warner Cable for $55.33 billion.
Turkey says training of moderate Syrian rebels begins with US
Turkey and the United States have started training moderate Syrian rebels on Turkish territory to prepare them to fight Islamic State (IS) militants, the Turkish foreign minister said on Tuesday. The US-led programme to equip and train Syrian rebels on Turkish territory has started “with small groups” after months of delays, Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by the official Anatolia news agency. “Both the Turkish and the American personnel
US blasts Iran's 'lack of transparency' in reporter trial
Washington (AFP) – The United States on Tuesday blasted the “complete lack of transparency” in the trial of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian held by Iran on charges of spying.
China lodges complaint with U.S. over spy plane flight
China said it had lodged a complaint with the United States over a U.S. spy plane that flew over parts of the disputed South China Sea in a diplomatic row that has fuelled tension between the world’s two largest economies. Friction in the region has grown over China’s land reclamation in the Spratly islands. China last week said it was “strongly dissatisfied” after a U.S. spy plane flew over areas
Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State poured more fighters into Ramadi as security forces and Shi’ite paramilitaries prepared to retake the Iraqi city that fell to the Islamists a week ago in a major setback for the government. In Palmyra, the Syrian air force struck at buildings captured by the Sunni militant group, whose arrival has raised fears that the city’s famed Roman ruins will be destroyed. The air force leveled
Philippines seeks stronger commitment from U.S. in South China Sea dispute
The Philippines is seeking a “stronger commitment” from the United States to help its ally, the defense minister said on Monday, as China asserts its sovereignty over disputed areas of the South China Sea. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year, and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims. China said on Monday it had lodged
Malaysia finds 139 graves in 'cruel' jungle trafficking camps
By Praveen Menon WANG KELIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) – Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country’s police chief said on Monday. The dense jungles of southern Thailand and northern Malaysia have been a major stop-off point for smugglers bringing people to Southeast Asia by
Air France flight escorted to New York after threat: report
An Air France flight from Paris was escorted by U.S. fighter jets to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday after an anonymous threat was made against the flight, according to WABC television. Flight 22 from Charles de Gaulle Airport landed safely, an airport official said. It was to be taken to a secure area at the New York airport to be searched, according to ABC News.
Houthis suffer first serious setback in south Yemen fighting: residents
By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Mohammed Ghobari ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Local Sunni Muslim militia ejected Shi’ite Houthi rebels from much of the southern Yemeni city of Dalea on Monday, residents and combatants said, inflicting the first significant setback on the Iranian-backed rebels in two months of civil war. Dalea had been a bastion of southern secessionists in Yemen before the Houthis took widespread control of the city in arch, after having