Guatemala’s president quits, jailed on corruption charges
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presid…
Father of drowned Syrian toddlers prepares to take bodies home
MUGLA, Turkey (Reuters) – The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to reach Greece identified their bodies on Thursday and prepared to take them back to their home town of Koban…
Migrants scuffle with Hungary police; dead toddler’s image shocks Europe
BICSKE, Hungary/MUGLA, Turkey (Reuters) – Migrants forced from a train in Hungary scuffled with helmeted riot police and some clung to railway tracks on Thursday, as politicians across Europe struggled to respond to public opinion appalled by images of…
Chinese ships headed home after Bering Sea sighting: U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five Chinese Navy ships sighted in the Bering Sea off Alaska during a visit to the region by U.S. President Barack Obama have begun their “return transit,” the U.S. Navy’s top uniformed officer told Reuters on Thursday.
G20 finance ministers meet in Turkey as China casts clouds over growth
ANKARA (Reuters) – When the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers meet on Friday in Turkey, China’s market turmoil is likely to be the biggest problem they do nothing about.
Turkey extends mandate to send troops to Syria if needed
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament voted late on Thursday to extend by a year a mandate authorizing the deployment of troops to Syria and Iraq, weeks after it stepped up its role in the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State.
Leading Islamist party faces test in local Moroccan elections
IMIDER, Morocco (Reuters) – Campaigning for Friday’s local elections, Moroccan lawmaker Ahmed Sakdi made sure to hammer home his Islamist party’s anti-corruption message to a few dozen voters listening to his speech in the desert town of Imider.
Greek leftists put on brave face as poll shows conservatives pulling ahead
ATHENS (Reuters) – Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party said on Thursday it remained confident of winning an outright victory in a Sept. 20 election despite an opinion poll that showed its main conservative rival edging ahe…
U.S., allies conduct 23 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 23 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday.
Iran’s Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on nuclear deal with powers – state TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Thursday he favored a parliamentary vote on its nuclear deal reached with world powers and called for sanctions against Tehran to be lifted completely rather than suspended, state television reported.
