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Peru presidential hopeful unharmed after car shot

LIMA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Peruvian presidential hopeful Rafael Belaunde was unhurt after his vehicle received several gunshots on Tuesday, local media outlet RPP reported. Belaunde, the grandson of former Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde, has polled in the low single digits in recent polls ...
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Indonesia to repatriate 2 convicted Dutch drug traffickers, including one on death row

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia and the Netherlands on Tuesday agreed to repatriate two Dutch nationals convicted on drug offences in Indonesia, including one facing the death penalty and another serving a life sentence. The agreement was signed by officials in both Jakarta and Amsterdam ...
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Sister of former Pakistani leader Imran Khan says he is in good health, quelling rumors

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in good health but is largely being kept under solitary conditions, one of his sisters said Tuesday after authorities allowed her the first family visit in weeks. Uzma Khan's remarks appeared aimed at reassuring ...
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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers carry out public execution in sports stadium in eastern city

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, putting to death a man who the country's Supreme Court said had killed 13 members of a family, including several children, ...
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Haiti’s transitional government adopts key law to hold a general election for first time since 2016

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Haiti's transitional presidential council has backed an electoral law in the latest step toward holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade. The approval late Monday means that the government can finally publish an official ...
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UK government plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog

LONDON (AP) - The right to trial by jury will be pared back in Britain in an attempt to clear a backlog of cases clogging up the justice system, the government announced Tuesday. Justice Secretary David Lammy said overload and delays had created "an emergency ...
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Guinea-Bissau electoral commission unable to finalize results after armed men steal vote tally

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) - Guinea-Bissau's electoral commission said Tuesday that it's unable to finalize results of a disputed presidential vote after armed men broke into its office and stole vote tally sheets the same day the military seized power. The announcement did not identify ...
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Indonesia, Dutch sign deal to repatriate two convicts, one on death row

JAKARTA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia and the Netherlands on Tuesday signed a deal to repatriate two elderly Dutch prisoners convicted of drug offences, officials said, one of whom was on death row. The two prisoners were Siegfried Mets, 74, and Ali Tokman, 65, ...
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UK police must act urgently to prevent sex crimes against women, says report

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Police in Britain must act urgently to prevent sexual offences against women and girls and have shown a "troubling lack of momentum and ambition", an inquiry into the case of a police officer jailed for murder four years ago ...
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Owner of oil tanker damaged near Senegal says it is ceasing all Russian operations

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Besiktas Shipping, the Turkish owner of an oil tanker that was damaged near Senegal's coast last week after being hit by four external explosions, said on Tuesday that it was ceasing all shipping operations involving Russian interests. The vessel, Mersin, ...
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The Latest: US envoy Witkoff to meet Putin in Moscow as Zelenskyy begins Ireland visit

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, taking to the Kremlin an embryonic peace plan that Washington hopes can bring about an end to the nearly four-year war in Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
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Lithuania accuses Belarus of ‘cynical hybrid attack’ as balloons disrupt airport

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Tensions between Lithuania and Belarus have escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport in the past weeks, leaving thousands of people stranded. While the balloons are used to smuggle cigarettes into Lithuania, ...
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