AFP, Panama City
Panama on Tuesday asked the United States to extradite former president Ricardo Martinelli to face charges of spying against opposition members while in power.
The Foreign Ministry said it had formally filed the request with the State Department through the Panamanian Embassy in Washington, DC.
Martinelli, who served from 2009 to 2004, is believed to be living in Miami.
Drone grounds flights at Dubai airport
BBC Online
Dubai International Airport was forced to ground flights for half an hour due to a drone flying in the area, the airport says.
It said airspace around the airport closed just after 0800 local time (0400 GMT) on Wednesday because of “unauthorised drone activity”. Arrivals resumed at 0835, with full operations restarting by 0907.
It is not the first time drones have delayed flights at the airport, one of the world’s busiest.
MH17 crime team to pinpoint
missile site
BBC Online
An international team of prosecutors investigating the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 will release its findings on Wednesday.
All 298 people on board the Boeing 777 died when it broke apart in midair flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
An earlier inquiry by the Dutch Safety Board concluded that a Russian-made Buk missile hit the plane.
Now a Dutch-led crime team will pinpoint where the missile was fired, but will stop short of naming suspects.
