Argentines head to polls for primary in first Macri, Fernandez showdown
Argentines have their first chance on Sunday to head to the ballot boxes in a high-stakes presidential race in which they must choose between staying the course of painful austerity measures or a return to interventionist economics.
In New Zealand, young Māori women lead the battle for indigenous rights
Five years ago, law graduate Pania Newton and her cousins got together around a kitchen table and agreed to do everything in their power to prevent a housing development on a south Auckland site considered sacred by local Māori.
Factbox: History of recent protests by Māori in New Zealand
Thousands of indigenous Māori are protesting in New Zealand, demanding land rights and more reforms for the community, in the highest profile grassroot movements in over a decade.
Saudi-led coalition moves against separatists who seized Aden in blow to alliance
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Aden on Sunday in support of the Yemeni government after southern separatists effectively took over the port city, fracturing the alliance that had been focused on battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.
Hong Kong braces for fresh protests as marchers set to defy police ban
Hong Kong protesters readied to take to the streets again on Sunday, defying a police ban on marches in the Chinese-controlled territory and continuing a restive weekend of demonstrations which saw police fire teargas overnight.
Saudi-led coalition hits zones that pose threat to Yemeni government: state TV
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has attacked zones that pose a direct threat to a vital position belonging to the coalition-backed Yemeni government, Saudi state TV said on Sunday.
Australia’s ruling coalition splits over lawmaker’s China comments
A split has opened in Australia’s ruling coalition government over a lawmaker’s comparison of the rise of China to that of Nazi Germany.
UK PM backs ‘stop-and-search’ power, says will create 10,000 more spaces in prisons
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given support to the police’s “stop-and-search powers” and also pledged to create “another 10,000 spaces” in UK prisons.
Armed group kills five in a club in southern Brazil
An armed group broke into a club in the southern Brazilian city of Mostardas before dawn on Saturday and shot at employees and customers, killing five people and leaving four others severely injured, according to local media reports.
Honduras to analyze any U.S. safe third country migration plan
Honduras will analyze any U.S. plan to have the Central American country act as a so-called safe third country to help contain migration north, but it has yet to receive any official proposal, the Honduran foreign minister said on Saturday.
