Mexico is no ‘piñata,’ election front-runner says after Trump tweets
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s presidential front-runner launched his campaign close to the U.S. border on Sunday, demanding respect for Mexicans hours after U.S. President Donald Trump again threatened to scrap a key trade pact and erect a…
Ex-Guatemala dictator Rios Montt, plagued by genocide charges, dies
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan military dictator Efrain Rios Montt, hounded by charges of genocide for decades, died on Sunday aged 91, leaving bitter memories of his bloody stewardship of the Central American nation during its civil war….
Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt dies aged 91: lawyer
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan military dictator Efrain Rios Montt died on Sunday morning aged 91, his lawyer Luis Rosales said.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi urges nation to stay united amid ‘challenges’
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for her people to remain united, saying the Southeast Asian country faces “challenges” at home and abroad, as she marked two years since her party swept to power in a histor…
Al Shabaab attacks an African Union base in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist insurgents battled for hours on Sunday with African Union troops after exploding two car bombs outside one of their bases, Somali police, military and the militants said.
China and Vietnam call for maritime disputes to be settled
HANOI (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday China and Vietnam should settle their disputes in the South China Sea through talks and move to jointly exploit its waters.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, wife, watch South Korean K-pop stars perform in Pyongyang
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a decade as tensions between the old riva…
Al Shabaab attacks African Union base in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist insurgents battled for hours on Sunday with African Union troops after exploding a car bomb outside their base, Somali police, military and the militants said.
Zambia asks Cuba to recall ambassador for backing new opposition party
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia has asked Cuba to recall its ambassador for openly supporting the newly launched opposition Socialist Party, the president’s spokesman said on Sunday.
Last eastern Ghouta rebels poised to surrender: Syrian state media
AMMAN (Reuters) – The group in control of the last rebel bastion near Damascus appeared on Sunday to have agreed a deal for its fighters to make peace with the government or quit the eastern Ghouta enclave, Syrian state media said.
