By Trinna Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad, joining anti-government protesters for a second day on Sunday, called for a “people’s power” movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal. “The only way for the people to get back to the old system is for them to remove this prime minister,” said Mahathir, a deeply respected 90-year-old who was once Najib’s patron and
A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced two people to 10 years each in jail on charges of spying for the United States and Israel, the judiciary spokesman said on Sunday without naming those convicted. “These two people were sentenced to 10 years in jail by the Revolutionary Court,” Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency. The announcement came as the world waits for news
The leftist Syriza party of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will challenge Greece’s creditors on unresolved aspects of the nation’s bailout but implement unpopular reforms it has already agreed, it said on Sunday. As opinion polls showed Syriza’s lead eroding, its campaign program reflected unease about the 86 billion euros ($96 billion) rescue package it will have to follow if voted back into power, pledging to battle creditors on some
Daniel Scioli, the leftist frontrunner in Argentina’s presidential election, widened his lead over his more business-friendly rival, but not enough to avoid a runoff, the first poll since Aug. 9 primaries showed on Sunday. Scioli, who is a member of President Cristina Fernandez’s Front for Victory party but supports a more pro-market approach to policy, and his candidate for vice-president, Carlos Zannini, are favored by 39.3 percent of voters ahead
A child, three other civilians and two police officer were killed in violence in southeast Turkey on Sunday following the breakdown of a ceasefire between the government and Kurdish militants. Fighting between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the military has taken place almost daily since last month. The PKK has been hitting military and police targets after the government resumed air strikes on PKK camps in northern Iraq.
At least 11 people were killed and 219 injured in Saudi Arabia Sunday when a fire broke out at a residential complex housing employees of oil giant Saudi Aramco, authorities said. Photographs published on the civil defence website showed plumes of black smoke rising from the windows of one of the buildings. Firefighting teams “are combing all towers to ensure there are no people” trapped inside, said the civil defence.
Germany called on Sunday for other European Union states to take in more refugees, saying it could not go on absorbing a disproportionate share of the thousands of asylum seekers arriving in the bloc. Germany expects the number of asylum seekers it receives to quadruple to about 800,000 this year — a figure confirmed by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Sunday. Some European governments have refused to take in
VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic (AP) — Thomas Pieters shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday to win the Czech Masters by three strokes for his first European Tour victory.
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — The Caribbean island of Dominica is appealing for international aid to help it recover from Tropical Storm Erika, which left at least 20 people dead before it moved north and dissipated.
While the narrative for New Orleans after a decade has become one of rebirth and renewal, the same cannot be said for small Pearlington, Miss. that saw just as much devastation. Many here acknowledge that Pearlington may physically never be the same. But just as Katrina broke their buildings, townspeople say one unexpected positive note is that the unity required for the recovery also broke a longstanding racial divide.
