Anti-immigrant Finns Party sacks rebellious vice chairman
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The anti-immigrant, eurosceptic Finns Party, part of Finland’s governing coalition, has expelled one of its three vice-chairmen in a dispute that highlights growing discord within the party headed by Foreign Minister Timo Soini.
Four killed in Pakistan after Afghanistan quake
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – At least four people were killed and scores injured on Monday in northeastern Pakistan when a strong earthquake hit neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistani health officials and police said.
Eurosceptics claim victory in landmark Poland election
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s eurosceptic Law and Justice party (PiS) claimed victory on Sunday in a watershed election that risks putting the ex-communist state on a collision course with key European Union allies.
Argentine opposition challenger Macri forces run-off in tight election
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri stunned Argentina’s ruling party with an unexpectedly strong showing in the presidential election on Sunday, forcing a run-off vote next month, preliminary results showed.
Japan MOF seeks cuts in host-nation spending for U.S. military
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Ministry of Finance on Monday called for cuts in the country’s budget spending for U.S. forces stationed in Japan in a bid to restore public finances, a move likely to meet opposition from its key ally Washington.
U.S. aviation regulator in Thailand to inspect safety standards
BANGKOK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are in Thailand to inspect progress made in aviation safety standards after it told the country to address shortcomings or face a downgrade, the transport minister said on Monday.
No joke: Guatemalan comedian wins presidency in landslide
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian who has never held office, swept to power in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday after milking public anger over a corruption scandal that deepened distrust of the country’s politic…
Guatemala’s Perez says Biden forced him to accept anti-corruption purge
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S. pressure to extend the work of an anti-corruption unit that then toppled him from power and that it was U.S. Vice President Joe Biden who forced …
Balkan, EU leaders agree to coordinate on migrants
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European leaders agreed to cooperate to manage migrants crossing the Balkans but offered no quick fix to a crisis that threatens to take more lives as winter sets in and to set Europe’s nations against one another.
Britain’s Blair says 2003 Iraq invasion played role in Islamic State rise
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the rise of the Islamic State militant group, and apologized for some mistakes in planning the war, in an interview broadcast on Sunday….
