International

• Sunday, October 13th 2013 - 11:47 UTC

  Argentina will not accept the remains of Nazi officer Erich Priebke

  

  Argentina will not accept the remains of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke who died in Italy, officials in Buenos Aires said on Friday. Priebke died in Rome aged 100 after serving nearly 15 years under house arrest for a World War II massacre in Italy for which he never expressed remorse.

• Sunday, October 13th 2013 - 11:42 UTC

  Madrid furious with Gibraltar “lack of respect” towards Spanish law enforcement agencies

  

  The storm of protest in Spain over Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo’s speech to the UN this week showed no sign of letting up with a fresh round of political complaints and even the threat of legal action, according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Sunday, October 13th 2013 - 11:38 UTC

  Council of Europe blasts Spain on law enforcement authorities’ violations

  

  Spain has been warned about the conduct of its law enforcement authorities in a new Council of Europe report. “Ill-treatment by and impunity of members of law enforcement agencies is a very serious, long-standing human rights issue for which Spain has already been condemned by international bodies” reads the study.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 23:20 UTC

  Malvinas claim mentioned at 65th anniversary celebration of Anglo-Argentine Society in London

  

  Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro underlined the “very deep friendship and understanding links” that exist between Britain and Argentina and also reiterated the need for dialogue in the Malvinas Islands question. The occasion was the 65 anniversary of the Anglo-Argentine Society which was celebrated at the Argentine embassy in London.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 22:08 UTC

  IMF calls for financial markets to be monitored by political supervision

  

  Central banks should be independent in setting monetary policy but they should also be tasked with monitoring financial market stability under political supervision, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) chief economist said.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 22:03 UTC

  Nobel Peace Prize to anti-chemical weapons polarizes the Syrian conflict

  

  Efforts to eliminate chemical weapons won a Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for the global watchdog trying to destroy Syria's stockpiles of nerve gas and other poisonous agents. By giving its prestigious prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Norwegian Nobel Committee turned the spotlight both on Syria's devastating civil war and on a type of weapon that has horrified nations since World War I.

• Saturday, October 12th 2013 - 10:19 UTC

  Balancing Geological Potential and Political Risk: Interview with Tony Hayward

  

  From Kurdistan to Somaliland, for independent oil companies, getting your hands on new exploration acreage where both technical risk and political risk are low is impossible. Exploring for oil and gas in new frontiers is all about striking the right balance between geological potential and political risk. Take it from Anglo-Turkish Genel Energy, the largest producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), where it seems nothing can shake investor confidence right now.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 18:24 UTC

  Three million Spaniards living in extreme poverty, and becoming chronic says Caritas

  

  The number of Spaniards living in severe poverty has doubled to 3 million since the economic crisis erupted in 2008, according to a report released by the Caritas charity, taking as poverty line those who live on less than 307 €euros (414 dollars) a month.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 18:19 UTC

  WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever-thermometers by 2020

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Care without Harm organisation have joined forces to launch a new initiative to get mercury removed from all medical measuring devices by 2020.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 13:08 UTC

  HMS Lancaster seizes in the Caribbean cocaine and cannabis worth £58 million street-value

  

  Royal Navy HMS Lancaster has seized cannabis and cocaine with a street value of nearly £58 million while on operations in the Caribbean. The seizure took place over two incidents which came just days after each other, with Lancaster recovering cocaine weighing over 400 kilograms and almost 1.2 tons of marijuana.