MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – The wedding of a second former Guantanamo Bay detainee to a woman in Uruguay has been postponed one week. Irina Posadas, an Uruguayan woman who converted to Islam, said her wedding to 34-year-old Syrian Omar Abdelhadi Faraj, scheduled for Saturday, would be postponed one week. Posadas said …
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SKHIRAT, Morocco – The United Nations representative to Libya has presented the latest draft agreement for a unity government to delegations from the rival governments of the chaotic North African country. Bernardino Leon told the attendees in a resort town south of Morocco’s capital on Monday that he expected this …
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BERN, Switzerland – Switzerland’s Justice Department says one of the seven soccer officials arrested in Zurich appealed for bail during the extradition process. The justice office says Switzerland’s “Federal Criminal Court will rule on whether or not he will have to remain in custody for the entire length of the …
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TOKYO – A fire appeared to have been put out Thursday at one of Pyongyang’s best hotels, according to witnesses in the North Korean capital. No official confirmation of a fire was available from North Korean authorities and the extent of possible damage or injuries at the Koryo Hotel was …
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TEHRAN, Iran – A senior Iranian official says authorities with access to classified information will be banned from using smartphones. Gen. Gholam Reza Jalali, who heads an Iranian military unit in charge of combatting sabotage, is quoted by the semiofficial ISNA news agency as saying Saturday that instructions for the …
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BRUSSELS – The European Union is set to extend economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. An EU diplomat said Wednesday that European ambassadors decided to prolong “the most serious package of our sanctions” before they expire next month. EU …
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Russia and Greece have signed a deal to build an extension of a prospective gas pipeline that would carry Russian gas to Europe through Turkey. Russia has promised Greece hundreds of millions of dollars in transit payments yearly if it agreed to build the pipeline. The …
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JERUSALEM – The former South African president who helped end apartheid says sanctions against Israel would be “counterproductive.” F.W. de Klerk told Israel Radio Sunday that comparisons between apartheid South Africa and Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians are “odious,” and that he prefers “dialogue and negotiation as a way to …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – U.S. prosecutors unsealed indictments against 17 alleged leaders of Colombia’s largest cocaine-trafficking organization in a move seeking to shore up bilateral cooperation in the drug war. The charges against members of the so-called Usuga clan were announced Tuesday by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Miami-based U.S. …
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BERLIN – A U.S. Marine Corps commander says a unit equipped with tanks, light armored vehicles and artillery will be sent to Bulgaria this fall as part of American plans to help reassure NATO allies worried by Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. Brig. Gen. Norman Cooling, deputy commander of U.S. Marine …
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