Argentina’s Massa to election rivals: Want my voters? Heed my ideas
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Defeated Argentine presidential hopeful Sergio Massa unveiled key policy demands on Wednesday and said his 5 million supporters would vote in next month’s run-off election based on how the two remaining candidates respond.
Top Massa allies snub ruling party candidate in Argentina run-off
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli’s hunt for swing voters in Argentina’s presidential run-off vote suffered a blow on Wednesday when two of defeated candidate Sergio Massa’s top allies said they would not vote for him.
Greek coastguard rescues 242 migrants as boat sinks, three drown
ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek coastguard rescued 242 migrants when their wooden boat sank north of the island of Lesbos on Wednesday, but at least three drowned, including two small boys, authorities said.
U.N. investigator questions if Myanmar poll can be free and fair
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A United Nations rights investigator raised concern on Wednesday about whether Myanmar’s election next month could be considered free and fair because dozens of candidates had been disqualified and hundreds of thousands of pe…
Erdogan says Turkey may hit U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds to block advance
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will “do what is necessary” to prevent U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish rebels from declaring autonomy in the town of Tel Abyad near the Turkish border, including conducting further military operations, President Tayyip Erdogan sa…
U.S. steps up diplomacy, rebel support to end Syrian ‘hell’: Kerry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is intensifying its diplomacy to end the “hell” of Syria’s civil war even as it increases support for moderate rebels fighting Islamic State militants, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday
Former Toronto mayor famous for smoking crack has new cancer scare
TORONTO (Reuters) – Doctors for Rob Ford, the former mayor of Toronto who gained global notoriety for admitting to smoking crack while in office, have found a new tumor after cancer treatment forced him out of a re-election race in 2014.
In Indonesia, minorities under threat from Muslim hardliners
ACEH SINGKIL, Indonesia (Reuters) – When a mob of Muslims swooped on a little church deep in rural Aceh in Indonesia this month, the local police were nowhere to be seen, although they had received warnings of a possible attack.
Central African Republic to hold elections on Dec. 13
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Dec. 13, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, reviving delayed efforts to restore democracy in a country rocked by fighting since 2013.
Arch-rivals Saudi Arabia, Iran to discuss Syria face-to-face for first time
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran announced they would attend international talks in Vienna on Friday on the Syrian conflict, in what will be their first meeting to discuss the four-year-long war.
