Despite court ruling, Guatemala asks U.N. for new anti-corruption chief
Guatemala’s foreign ministry announced on Monday that it had asked the United Nations to propose a new leader for the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) to replace its current head Ivan Velasquez.
Syrian air defenses intercept missiles fired at Latakia: state media
Missiles were fired from the sea at several locations in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on Monday but were intercepted by air defenses, Syrian state media said.
Former trader facing deportation from UK gets temporary reprieve
Kweku Adoboli, a former UBS trader jailed for a $2.25 billion fraud, has won a temporary reprieve from deportation to Ghana, his spokesman said on Monday.
UK PM vows to defend Jews and Israel, in dig at Labour’s Corbyn
Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Monday to protect British Jewish identity and Israel’s right to defend itself, in an attack on opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in the run-up to his Labour Party conference next weekend.
Pakistan’s austerity car auction falls short, new PM Khan commutes by helicopter
Lower-than-expected sales in an auction of Pakistani government vehicles have dealt another early setback to new Prime Minister Imran Khan’s populist vow to raise quick revenues through cost-cutting, a campaign that has drawn both praise and ridicule.
Mobile morgue angers Mexicans as drug war corpses overwhelm authorities
Authorities in western Mexico swamped by mounting murders from the country’s drug war have resorted to storing dozens of corpses in a refrigerated container truck that in recent days has been parked in several towns, angering residents.
France, Britain reach deal over scallop fishing dispute
French and British fisherman have reached an agreement to end a dispute over scallop fishing in the English Channel, a French Agriculture Ministry official said on Monday.
Burundi threatens to quit U.N. Human Rights Council, sue critics
Burundi, beset by accusations of crimes against humanity, threatened on Monday to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council and sue its critics.
Businessman sells company with indirect control over Hungary’s main independent news website
Hungarian businessman Zoltan Speder announced on Monday that he had sold all his holdings in media group cemp-X Online Zrt which owns several publications and has indirect control over Hungary’s main independent news website Index.hu.
German holocaust video reveals Brazil’s polarization ahead of election
A video published by German diplomats explaining their country’s efforts to learn from the holocaust has kicked up a storm in Brazil, where deep political polarization has contributed to a divisive presidential election.
