BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina’s central bank has sent regulators to inspect Citibank’s headquarters after the leader of the branch was suspended amid a legal battle over the country’s debt. Government news agency Telam reported Monday that regulators were working to verify whether the bank was able to maintain normal …
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BANGKOK – Thai officials say they have found the body of a 12-year-old Israeli girl, the only fatality from a tourist boat that caught fire in the Andaman Sea in the country’s southwest. The rest of about 110 passengers and crew were rescued on Wednesday after the boat sank in …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s treasurer says the low iron ore price is shaving billions of dollars off government revenue forecasts, but he will not increase taxes to make up the shortfall. Treasurer Joe Hockey estimates that every $10 fall in the price of a metric ton of iron ore — …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian education official is under investigation for burning library books from a school suspected of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood group, a government-declared terrorist organization. Bothaina Kishk, an Education Ministry official from Cairo’s Giza district, is defending her decision, saying Wednesday that the books incited violence and …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican security officials say they’ve captured the man accused of running the Juarez drug cartel following last year’s arrest of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes. National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido says Jesus Salas Aguayo was caught Friday in the municipality of Villa Ahumada, about 75 miles south of …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned what he says are suggestions in Europe to sink human traffickers’ vessels and leave migrants “to their deaths.” European Union leaders will hold an emergency summit Thursday to discuss ways of stemming migrant trafficking after a boat carrying hundreds of …
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Four former Guantanamo Bay prisoners protested for a third day Sunday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Uruguay, saying Washington should provide them with housing and financial support because of their prolonged incarceration. The four — a Tunisian and three Syrian men — began their protest …
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LAGOS, Nigeria – After carrying out a mass rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from the forest stronghold of an Islamic insurgent group, Nigeria’s military is evacuating the females and plans to check their physical and mental health, the army spokesman said Wednesday. Col. Sani Usman said many are …
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BERLIN – A major railway route in Switzerland has been blocked by a landslide following persistent rain that has swollen rivers in much of the Alpine country. Switzerland’s national railway said the line between the capital of Bern and the city of Fribourg, part of the country’s main Zurich-Geneva rail …
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s military-appointed legislature voted on Friday to impeach the former commerce minister and his deputy for alleged corruption in a rice deal the nation’s graft watchdog said was bogus. Members of the National Legislative Assembly voted overwhelmingly to impeach former Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and deputy Commerce Minister …
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