BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian court decided on Thursday that Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam could be extradited to France, Belgium’s federal prosecutors said.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian court decided on Thursday that Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam could be extradited to France, Belgium’s federal prosecutors said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the United States for help in returning stolen Nigerian assets stashed in U.S. banks as part of his efforts to crack down on corruption, according to a statement from his office on Thursday.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Vice President Michel Temer is quietly assembling a team of respected economists to revive confidence in Brazil’s battered economy with cautious spending cuts and privatizations should leftist President Dilma Rousseff be impeached, insiders say.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The latest allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation leveled against international peacekeepers in Central African Republic elicited expressions of disgust on Thursday from top United Nations officials and senior U.S. and French diplomats.
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RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and the United States imposed joint sanctions targeting the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, the two countries announced on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama joined with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday to present a united front over what he called “provocations” committed by North Korea in its recent nuclear and missile tests.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Thursday expanded trade and financial sanctions on North Korea, following up on harsh new measures imposed by the U.N. Security Council earlier this month.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has sent FBI teams to help Belgian authorities investigate the March 22 attacks that killed 35 people, including several Americans, and U.S. and Belgian officials will discuss the cooperation this week, the White House said on Thursday.
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada will take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees, adding to the more than 25,000 already received in the last few months, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Thursday in Germany, where an influx of refugees has sparked a backlash.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The commander of a Brazilian security force involved in preparations for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has stepped down amid reports that he criticized embattled President Dilma Rousseff in a message to subordinates.
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