Comic actor easily wins place in Guatemala’s presidential runoff
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A comic actor rode a wave of outrage over corruption to win the most votes in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday and is seen as having a strong chance of winning a runoff next month.
Japan’s PM Abe unchallenged for party top post, gets another three-year term
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a rare second consecutive term on Tuesday, after his only potential rival for the post of ruling party chief failed to gain enough sponsors to register for the race.
Much work remains to detail past Iranian nuclear program: U.N. watchdog
VIENNA (Reuters) – It will take a lot of work to determine by the end of the year whether Iran was previously developing nuclear weapons, the head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
Syrian refugees in Uruguay say they want to move elsewhere
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Five families of Syrian refugees granted asylum in Uruguay last year protested outside the president’s offices on Monday, demanding they be allowed to leave the South American country in search of better jobs, even back in the Mi…
EU’s Tusk warns against federalist push, treaty change
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk issued a warning on Monday against forcing the pace of centralization in the EU and said those calling for changes to Union treaties had “zero” chance of success any time soon.
UK’s Cameron suffers parliamentary defeat over EU referendum rules
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered an embarrassing defeat in parliament on Monday after Euroskeptic members of his Conservatives joined forces with opposition lawmakers to reject proposed rules for a European Union members…
Hit by new wave of refugees, Germany warns EU partners
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Struggling to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they too must take in more refugees, as police in Hungary used pepper spray on desperate migrants who broke out of a recept…
Tajikistan hunts renegade minister after clashes stir instability
MOSCOW/ALMATY (Reuters) – Tajikistan said it had arrested 14 members of a criminal group loyal to the country’s sacked deputy defense minister in a special operation on Monday, following bloody gun battles that have stoked fears of religious-related un…
Campaign begins for Myanmar election set to decide scope of democratic change
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will take her election battle straight to one of the president’s closest allies when campaigning gets under way this week for the first free general election since the end of military rule.
Cuba’s atheist Castro brothers open doors to Church and popes
HAVANA (Reuters) – Baptized as Roman Catholics and educated by Jesuits, Fidel and Raul Castro turned against the Church by declaring Cuba an atheist state, chasing out priests and shutting down religious schools after seizing power in a 1959 revolution…
