Uganda detains 8 suspects over American tourist’s kidnap

U.S. tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott after her rescue KAMPALA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda has arrested eight local people suspected of involvement in the kidnap of an American tourist and her guide last week, the government said. Kimberley Sue Endecott, 35, and local guide Jean Paul Mirenge-Remezo were ambushed and…

Hundreds of migrants form caravan in Honduras to head for the US

TEGUCIGALPA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost 1,000 people gathered in the town of San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras to form a new caravan to reach the United States, police said. “There are more than 800, almost a thousand,” police and the Red Cross reporting the same number. The caravan,…

British PM Theresa May voices regret over 1919 India Amritsar massacre

LONDON, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expressed regret for a massacre by British troops in India in 1919 but stopped short of a full apology. “We deeply regret what happened and the suffering caused,” May told the British parliament, as India prepares to mark…

Austria wants Daesh fighters to be tried in UN-style tribunals

VIENNA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Austria wants its citizens who have fought for Daesh to be tried in UN-style tribunals in the Middle East rather than brought home for prosecution, it said. US-backed forces last month announced the capture of Daesh’s last territory in Syria, eliminating its rule over a…

Millions in central US brace for ‘life-threatening’ blizzards, potential floods

WASHINGTON, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A blizzard hitting the US Rockies on Wednesday was forecast to move eastward over the next day, threatening to bring new flooding to the Plains states including parts of South Dakota and Missouri that are still recovering from last month’s inundation. High spring temperatures will give…

Peru: Ex-pres Kuczynski ordered detained in graft case

LIMA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Peruvian court ordered the arrest of ex-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski at the request of prosecutors investigating the giant Odebrecht corruption scandal. Judicial authorities said the 80-year-old former president – who resigned last year amid the scandal – would be held for a preliminary period of 10…

Brazil flooding unleashes hungry caimans in crime-infested Rio neighbourhood

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of a hillside Rio de Janeiro favela risk finding hungry caimans at their front door after the city was hit hard by heavy flooding caused by torrential rain. The cold-blooded creatures – smaller relatives of alligators – belong to a resident of the Rolas…

UK: FM Hunt scrapped Brunei-owned hotel event over anti-gay laws

LONDON, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt cancelled a fundraising event at the Brunei-owned luxury Dorchester Hotel in London, after the sultanate adopted the death penalty for gay sex. Hunt called off the fundraiser for the governing Conservative Party after the southeast Asian country introduced the measure…

Castro says Cuba will not abandon Venezuela despite US ‘blackmail’

HAVANA, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro said Cuba would never abandon its leftist ally Venezuela despite US “blackmail”, even as the Trump administration threatened more sanctions over its support. In a speech to the national assembly, meeting to enact the new constitution, Castro said Cuba had…

Armed robbers escape with at least US$2.8m in runway heist at Albania airport

TIRANA (Albania), April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Security at the Albanian capital’s airport was under scrutiny on after a Hollywood-style robbery on its runway that left one gunman dead while his accomplices fled with millions of euros. The armed men broke onto the runway of the Mother Theresa airport on Tuesday…