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US lifts sanctions on Paraguay’s ex-President Cartes

By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott ASUNCION (Reuters) -Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes said on Monday the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control had lifted sanctions imposed on him two years ago for his involvement in acts of alleged corruption. The announcement followed a statement ...
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US Treasury sanctions Mexican companies accused of aiding Sinaloa cartel’s fentanyl production

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a network of companies and their affiliates that allegedly supplied precursor chemicals to make fentanyl to a faction of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. A dozen Mexico-based companies and eight of the people managing them were ...
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Iraq’s amnesty law frees 35,000 and recovers $34.4M, Supreme Judicial Council says

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has released more than 35,000 people from prisons and detention centers under a wide-reaching amnesty law passed earlier this year, the country’s Supreme Judicial Council said Monday. Another nearly 144,000 people, including defendants detained pre-trial and those who are out on ...
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The Media Line: ‘Where Do You Begin? At Home’: Deputy Foreign Minister Haskel Discusses October 7 and the Stakes for Israel’s Future (VIDEO)

‘Where Do You Begin? At Home’: Deputy Foreign Minister Haskel Discusses October 7 and the Stakes for Israel’s Future Drawing on family, service, and policy experience, the deputy minister ties domestic resilience to regional strategy, from Jerusalem diplomacy to emerging ties in the Pacific By Felice ...
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Dana Drábová, popular head of the Czech nuclear watchdog, has died at 64

PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Drábová, the popular head of the Czech nuclear watchdog for more than a quarter century during a period when the country has relied heavily on nuclear power, has died. She was 64. Drábová, a nuclear physicist and well-known expert on nuclear ...
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What to know about the white South Africans Trump may prioritize in new refugee quota for the US

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is considering prioritizing white South Africans in a dramatically decreased quota of refugees allowed into the United States this fiscal year. Trump is considering cutting the number of refugee places to as few as 7,500 ...
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Madagascar president names military general as new prime minister

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo, a military general, as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, a week after dissolving the government in response to ongoing protests fuelled by power outages and water shortages. (Reporting by Lovasoa Rabary; writing ...
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Southern right whales awe admirers in Patagonia after coming back from brink of extinction

PENÍNSULA VALDÉS, Argentina (AP) — After coming back from the brink of extinction, Southern right whales are swimming in greater numbers off the coast of Argentina’s Patagonia this year, delighting tourists seeking to catch a glimpse of their acrobatics. Peninsula Valdes, located in the Patagonian ...
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EU chief von der Leyen faces more confidence votes this week. She’s almost certain to win again

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official on Monday warned lawmakers not to fall for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to divide Europe and urged them to work together for the bloc’s 450 million citizens, ahead of two no confidence votes this week. Two ...
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UNESCO nominates Egyptian as its new director following US withdrawal

PARIS (AP) — UNESCO is slated to have its first director from the Arab world after an Egyptian former tourism and antiquities minister, Khaled el-Anani, was nominated by the agency’s executive board Monday. If confirmed by UNESCO’s general assembly next month, el-Anani will inherit an ...
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Lebanese army chief briefs government on Hezbollah’s disarmament as Israel strikes kill 2

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s army chief on Monday briefed the government for the first time on its plan to disarm the militant group Hezbollah, while Israel carried out airstrikes in southern and northeastern Lebanon that killed two people. Army commander Gen. Rudolph Haikal’s report came ...
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UN cultural agency selects Egypt’s El-Enany as new chief

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -The United Nations’ cultural agency selected former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany as its new chief on Monday, handing him the keys to revive UNESCO’s fortunes after the U.S. withdrew from it for a second time. El-Enany, 54, was ...
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