International

US requests extradition of 7

July 03, 2015 in International

A formal request has been sent by the United States to Switzerland for the extradition of seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich, while Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General, Garvin Nicholas, said yesterday that the process has been “advanced for some, if not all”. The request is...

US-Cuba ties: Washington and Havana announce embassies

July 02, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_6405" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mr. DeLaurentis (left) handed the letter to the Cuba's interim Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina (source: bbc)[/caption] The US and Cuba have agreed to reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, a major step in re-establishing diplomatic ties severed in 1961. Cuba said Havana and...