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Key EU corruption case suspect under house arrest

Fox News Belgian authorities have decided to move the key suspect at the heart of the corruption scandal rocking the European Union’s assembly from jail and place her under house arrest, the federal prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. EU LAWMAKER AT HEART OF ALLEGED QATAR BRIBERY CASE TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY Spokesman Antoon Schotsaert told the…

Bahrain, Qatar restore relations after 6 year blockade

Fox News The Gulf nations of Bahrain and Qatar agreed to restore diplomatic relations late Wednesday. Bahrain had been the last holdout of four Arab nations that imposed a boycott and blockade on Qatar in 2017. They were angered by Qatar’s support for Islamist groups that rose to power in some countries following the 2011…

Over 4,000 families displaced by Burundi floods

Fox News A week of floods has displaced thousands of families in a part of western Burundi where a river separates the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a local official said Wednesday. More than 4,000 families living in the village of Gatumba were displaced by flooding, Mutimbuzi district chief administrator Simeon Butoyi…

Alleged captain of capsized migrant boat in English Channel charged with manslaughter

Fox News A man who allegedly piloted a small boat packed with migrants that capsized while crossing the English Channel in December has been charged with four counts of manslaughter. Ibrahima Bah, 19, is due to appear at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to face the charges related to the Dec. 14, 2022 capsizing. His…

Colombia’s Petro fires police chief who claims he used exorcisms to catch fugitives

Fox News Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday removed the national police director who had talked about using exorcisms to catch fugitives. Neither Petro nor the Defense Ministry elaborated on reasons for the dismissal of Gen. Henry Sanabria, a staunch Catholic who was appointed by Petro in August of last year. But Sanabria was under…

Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea

Washington Post South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/north-korea-missile-launches-us-drills/18cf1214-d983-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

No Russia-Ukraine peace talks expected this year, U.S. leak shows

Washington Post The Ukraine war is expected to spill into 2024 with neither side notching victory and both refusing to negotiate, U.S. intelligence officials surmise. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/leaked-documents-ukraine-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

OAS rights court rules against Mexico on no-bail policy

Washington Post The Inter American Human Rights Court has ruled that Mexico violated the rights of two men who were held in pre-trial detention for 17 years before being convicted of homicide https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/mexico-pretrail-detention-oas-human-rights/682997e6-d981-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Gulf nations Bahrain, Qatar to restore ties after blockade

Washington Post The Gulf nations of Bahrain and Qatar have agreed to restore diplomatic relations https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/bahrain-qatar-diplomacy-arab-gulf/8c8b4be4-d980-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

OAS panel urges El Salvador to restore suspended rights

Washington Post The Inter American Commission on Human Rights is urging the government of El Salvador to restore all the rights suspended under an “emergency” anti-gang decree that is now entering its second year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/el-salvador-gangs-crackdown-bukele-emergency/9426167c-d97b-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world