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Spanish court calls U.S. extradition request for Venezuela ex-spymaster politically motivated
CARACAS (Reuters) - Spain's High Court rejected a U.S. request to extradite Venezuela's former spy chief on drug trafficking charges this week after determining the U.S. action was politically motivated, according to a court document released on Tuesday.
Costly Saudi defences prove no match for drones, cruise missiles
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Billions of dollars spent by Saudi Arabia on cutting edge Western military hardware mainly designed to deter high altitude attacks has proved no match for low-cost drones and cruise missiles used in a strike that crippled its giant oil industry.
Israeli election too close to call - exit polls
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's battle for political survival looked set to stretch on for days or weeks after exit polls following Tuesday's election showed the race too close to call.
Yemen Houthi drones, missiles defy years of Saudi air strikes
DUBAI (Reuters) - At a weapons exhibition in July in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, military officials whipped silken sheets off what they said were newly-developed drones and missiles.
U.S. targets three people, 16 groups in new Venezuela sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on three people and 16 groups it says helped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his government profit from food aid in the economically struggling country, the Treasury Department said.
U.S. wants to seize all money Edward Snowden makes from new book
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked secret documents about U.S. telephone and internet surveillance in 2013, saying his new book violates non-disclosure agreements.
Iran's female fans find soccer buzz in cafes and malls
DUBAI (Reuters) - On match days Iran's young female soccer fans cram Tehran's shopping centres and cafes, their faces painted with the Iranian flag and beaming with excitement, as they follow their national team on giant television screens alongside male fans.
Netanyahu's election day a wall-to-wall political commercial
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Barely pausing for breath in a last-gasp election-day pitch for votes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed potential backers in live video election feeds on social media.
Total CEO - Attack on Saudi oil facilities will have consequences
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Hundreds killed in Brazil's Amazon over land, resources in past decade - HRW report
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Human Rights Watch report on Tuesday found that more than 300 people have been killed over the past decade in conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon, many by organised criminal networks profiting from illegal deforestation.
