Guatemalan comic holds big lead ahead of Sunday election: poll
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan comic Jimmy Morales should triumph easily in a second round run-off on Sunday to elect the country’s next president after the arrest of the previous leader in a massive corruption scandal, a poll showed on Wednesda…
U.N. envoy says talks continue with warring Libyan factions
TUNIS (Reuters) – The U.N. envoy to Libya said on Wednesday consultations would continue with both the country’s warring factions after the chief of the elected parliament said the congress had rejected a U.N. proposal to end the crisis.
Sudan begins releasing blocked supplies for Darfur peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Sudan has begun releasing food rations and other supplies for international peacekeepers in the conflict-torn Darfur region, though some of the more than 200 shipping containers have yet to be cleared by Khartoum, the United …
UNESCO condemns Israel for limits on al-Aqsa mosque access
PARIS (Reuters) – The United Nations cultural heritage body UNESCO condemned Israel on Wednesday for limiting Muslim access to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint in a recent wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Army disperses anti-government protesters in Congo Republic
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Security forces in Congo Republic’s capital fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters, a day after police killed four opposition supporters.
Erdogan seen with little choice but to share power after Turkish vote
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s tactics for Turkey’s second general election in five months might have changed, but the outcome looks likely to be the same: for the first time in its history, his ruling AK Party may have to share…
France awards 360 million euros in aid to Mali: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – Mali will received 360 million euros ($408 million) in aid from France for 2015-2017, French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday during a visit by Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Pilot killed as U.S. Marine jet crashes in eastern England
LONDON (Reuters) – The pilot of a U.S. Marine fighter jet was killed on Wednesday when it crashed on farmland after taking off from a U.S. Air Force (USAF) base in eastern England, officials said.
Pakistan to tell U.S. it won’t accept limits on tactical nuclear arms
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will tell U.S. President Barack Obama this week that Islamabad will not accept limits on its use of small tactical nuclear weapons, Pakistani officials said on Wednesday.
Italy relocates 70 refugees as costs to house migrants double
ROME (Reuters) – Italy sent 70 Syrian and Eritrean asylum seekers to Sweden and Finland on Wednesday as part of a European Union relocation plan meant to ease the burden of taking in 300,000 migrants in less than two years.
