Guatemalan presidential candidates question U.S. migration deal
The two contenders to be Guatemala’s next president questioned on Saturday the validity of a deal struck by the country’s government with the United States that aims to curb the flow of migrants north from Central America.
Thousands protest in Romania over kidnapped 15-year-old girl
Thousands of Romanians protested against the government on Saturday, outraged by authorities’ slow response to emergency calls from a kidnapped 15-year-old girl now presumed dead.
Ex-UK finance minister, Labour plot ways to block no-deal Brexit: paper
Former British finance minister Philip Hammond, who quit the government last week before Boris Johnson took over as prime minister, has held secret talks with the opposition Labour Party about how to stop a no-deal Brexit, a newspaper said.
Russia’s Lavrov says Venezuela dialogue should have ‘no preconditions’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday a dialogue to resolve Venezuela’s political crisis should have “no preconditions,” as he visited the small South American country of Suriname at the end of a multi-nation Latin American tour.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near south coast of Japan’s Honshu: EMSC
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the south coast of Japan’s island of Honshu early on Sunday, the European earthquake monitoring service EMSC reported http://bit.ly/32WdwKM.
Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown
Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent years against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power.
Russia detains more than 800 people in opposition crackdown
Russian police arrested more than 800 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power.
Nigerian court grants permission to declare Shi’ite group terrorists
A Nigerian court has granted the government permission to label a local Shi’ite Muslim group a terrorist organisation, the solicitor general told Reuters on Saturday.
Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets in Hong Kong clash over anti-triad march
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend.
Crew of oil tanker seized by Iran in good health: owners
The owners of Stena Impero, a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran this month, said on Saturday that Indian, Russian and Philippine embassy officials met crew members from their respective countries and reported that they were in good health.
