Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras is the first Latin American ex-president extradited to the US on drug charges The former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, was flown to the US on Thursday and arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents upon arrival. Once an avowed ally of Washington, Hernández has been charged with facilitating…

Gonzalo Lira said he had been taken by the Ukrainian Security Service last Friday Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira, who went missing in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov a week ago, has appeared online on Friday, revealing that he had been held by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

Russian leader discussed the situation in Ukraine with the head of the European Council Brussels could encourage Kiev to refrain from “massive shelling” of Donbass and from committing “other gross violations” of international law, Russian President Vladimir Putin told European Council President Charles Michel on Thursday.