Australia’s Labor elects new leader after big election defeat
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor Party on Sunday elected Bill Shorten to lead it in opposition, help it rebuild support and end bitter divisions after suffering its worst election defeat in a century.
Honduras police, locals clash in arrest of suspect in boy’s killing
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras police clashed on Saturday with local residents during the arrest of a man believed responsible for decapitating a 7-year-old boy in a rural town in the Central American country that has been plagued by violence in rece…
Netanyahu urges Britain and France not to ease sanctions on Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the leaders of Britain and France to urge them not to ease sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, ahead of talks between Iran and world powers.
Schaeuble sees new German government by mid-November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Talks to form a German government are on track and the new administration should be in place by mid-November, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Saturday.
Dispute on immunity for U.S. troops blocks Afghan-U.S. security pact
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai ended two days of talks on a bilateral security pact on Saturday without a deal because they could not agree on the issue of legal immunity for U.S. troops.
Fierce cyclone rips into India; 550,000 flee to shelters
ICHAPURAM/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – A fierce cyclone tore into India’s coast, killing at least five people, forcing half a million into shelters and threatening to devastate farmland and fishing hamlets.
Chilean President Pinera endorses struggling right-wing candidate
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera explicitly endorsed his weakened right-wing coalition’s candidate a month before a presidential election that polls show will likely mark the return of the center-left.
AU calls for halt to ICC cases against Kenyan and Sudanese leaders
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African leaders called on Saturday for the prosecutions of Kenya’s and Sudan’s presidents by the International Criminal Court to be halted, amid complaints the body has only ever pursued Africans.
Most Greeks support crackdown on far-right Golden Dawn: poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – Most Greeks believe that criminal charges filed against the leader and top officials of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party are fair and more than half are happy with the government’s handling of the case, a poll found on Saturday.
Latest migrant deaths fuel calls for EU action
ROME (Reuters) – Italy and Malta pressed European partners on Saturday to do more to stop a migrant crisis which the Maltese prime minister said was turning the Mediterranean into a “cemetery” after another boat sank off Sicily, killing dozens more peo…
