From lewd jokes to power: Guatemala comic on course for presidency
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – For years, Guatemalan comedian Jimmy Morales earned a living cracking bawdy jokes on TV, riffing on eating condoms and the perils of being ravished by a bull.
Hungary’s minorities bear brunt of anti-migrant rhetoric
ACS, Hungary (Reuters) – Hungary’s government has launched an all-out campaign against migrants, but the people who feel like they are the real targets already live there: members of the country’s Roma and Muslim minorities.
Khamenei calls for stronger Iranian military to deter enemies
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader called on the armed forces on Thursday to increase their capabilities in order to protect the Islamic Republic’s influence in the Middle East and deter would-be attackers.
India warns global charities not to work against government
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian minister monitoring $1.8 billion of foreign aid has accused Greenpeace of inciting protests against industrial projects and warned global activists and aid organizations not to work against the government.
Abbas’s U.N. speech: not a bang but a whimper
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Before his speech to the United Nations late on Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promised to drop a “bombshell”. In the event, he delivered little more than strong words that may amount to a hollow threat.
EU court rules migrants who defy expulsion can be jailed
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries can imprison migrants who re-enter their territory after being expelled, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday in a judgment likely to be closely watched across the continent as it struggles to cope with a m…
Burundi to pursue the ‘few’ officials behind killings: president
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s president said those in possession of illegal arms have a month to relinquish them and that authorities will hold to account the “few” security officials behind cases of killings and torture.
China navy calls for United States to reduce risk of misunderstandings
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes the United States can scale back activities that run the risk of misunderstandings, and respect China’s core interests, the Defense Ministry on Thursday cited a senior Chinese naval commander as saying.
U.S. deploys more advanced aircraft carrier to boost ties with Japan
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) – One of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carriers docked in Japan on Thursday at the start of a deployment that will strengthen the capability of the Seventh Fleet in Asia and boost ties between the United States and it…
Kyrgyzstan set to cling to Russia in face of security threats
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Pro-Russian parties look set to retain their dominance when Kyrgyzstan elects a new parliament on Sunday, but the apparent stability masks ethnic tensions and rising Islamist radicalism in the former Soviet republic.
