At least 17 dead in bus crash in eastern Guatemala
A collision between a passenger bus and a trailer truck early on Saturday claimed at least 17 lives in eastern Guatemala, according to local doctors and firefighters.
U.S. says concerned about Libyan conflict turning bloodier with Russian mercenaries: official
The United States is very concerned about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of reported Russian mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar’s forces on the ground, a senior State Department official said on Saturday
Work ties pose questions over U.S. intel on nabbed Mexican drug official
Business ties between former U.S. officials and an ex-Mexican security minister charged with taking bribes from a drug cartel have raised questions about what U.S. law enforcement knew about him before his arrest this month.
UK’s Johnson says he will keep pressing U.S. over fatal crash
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he would carry on trying to help the family of 19-year-old Briton Harry Dunn, killed in a road collision with a U.S. diplomat’s wife who then left the country.
Italy prepares to make revoking motorway concessions easier: document
The Italian government is preparing a decree to make revoking concessions to operate the country’s motorways easier and less costly, a draft document seen by Reuters showed on Saturday.
Hundreds arrested in India during days of protests over citizenship law
More than 1,500 protesters have been arrested across India in the past 10 days, officials said, as police try to quell sometimes violent demonstrations against a citizenship law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution.
EU-UK trade deal cannot allow ‘race to the bottom’: EU’s Barnier
The European Union’s central interest in forging a free trade agreement with Britain is to agree common social and environmental standards and avoid a “race to the bottom”, the EU chief Brexit negotiator wrote in an opinion piece.
China criticizes U.S. defense bill as interference
China’s top lawmaking body on Saturday criticized the defense bill that Washington passed this week as “interference”, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.
Hong Kong protesters face off with police in mall protests
Hong Kong riot police swept into several shopping malls on Saturday, chasing off and arresting some anti-government Hong Kong demonstrators who had gathered to press their demands in the peak shopping weekend before Christmas.
Pakistan court hands down death sentence to scholar accused of blasphemy
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday sentenced a liberal scholar and former university lecturer to death on blasphemy charges.
