REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending hearing o...
Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. In an emergency session, Congress approved... read more »
Search ramps up as death toll in Malaysia boat tragedy hits 15
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities on Friday stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian coastguard said. The count of victims increased from 14 with the recovery of another body from the Malacca Strait,... read more »
Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day
A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to... read more »
UK PM David Cameron considers help for Syrian refugees
British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to draw up a plan on Friday as a response to growing pressure to accept Syrian refugees, thousands of them directly from UN camps on the border with Syria. Cameron said he had been “deeply moved” by images of three-year-old Syrian toddler... read more »
