Guatemalan conservative Giammattei leads presidency race: early results

Guatemalan conservative Alejandro Giammattei took an early lead in Sunday's presidential election against his center-left opponent Sandra Torres, preliminary results showed.

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Police fire tear gas into Hong Kong railway station

Protesters clashed with police as demonstrations in the territory continued for a 10th week.

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Hong Kong mops up after weekend of violence, braces for more protests

Metro stations in Hong Kong resumed regular service on Monday and streets were being cleaned of debris as the city recovered from another night of violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police, with more protests planned this week.

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Ukraine searches Russian vessel over fuel delivery to Crimea

Ukrainian prosecutors said they had searched a Russian vessel in the Black Sea port of Kherson on Saturday as part of an investigation into a suspected illegal delivery of Russian fuel to annexed Crimea in 2015.

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Canada cable car cord severed in likely act of sabotage, police say

Police say a vandal seems to have deliberately cut the cable on a mountain gondola.

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Typhoon Lekima: Toll rises as typhoon moves up China coast

Twenty-eight are killed and more than five million affected as Typhoon Lekima hits China.

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Thousands rally in Hong Kong in fresh protests, marchers defy police ban

Thousands of Hong Kong protesters rallied 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.

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Public ownership an option for Ferguson shipyard

The Scottish government says it is considering nationalising the beleaguered Ferguson shipyard.

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Death toll from typhoon in eastern China rises to 30 as storm moves north

The death toll from a major typhoon in eastern China rose to 30 on Sunday, with 18 people missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as the country braced for more travel disruptions as the storm moved further north up the coast.

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Guatemala elects new president to inherit Trump migration bind

Guatemalans on Sunday elect a new president who will face a major challenge after the country agreed with Washington to act as a buffer against illegal immigration under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Factbox: Guatemalan former first lady, surgeon in run-off for presidency

Guatemalans on Sunday vote in a second round run-off election for a new president who is likely to face a major challenge coping with a deal signed with Washington in July to turn the country into a buffer zone to stem migration.

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'Hong Kong not suitable for children'

Parents and their children have taken to the streets of Hong Kong for a pro-democracy rally.

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Israeli troops kill militant on Gaza border: medic, military

Israeli soldiers fired at a Palestinian militant on the Gaza border on Sunday, the military said, and a Palestinian medic said the man was killed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Saudi-led coalition moves against separatists who seized Aden in blow to alliance

The Saudi-led coalition on Sunday intervened in Aden in support of the Yemeni government after southern separatists effectively took over the southern port city, fracturing the alliance that had been focused on battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.

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Guatemala poll pits ex-first lady against ex-prison chief

Voters say they are concerned about levels of insecurity and the recent migrant deal struck with the US.

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Death toll from typhoon in eastern China rises to 28

The death toll from a major typhoon in eastern China rose to 28 on Sunday, with 20 people missing, state media reported, after torrential rains triggered a landslide that forced more than one million people to evacuate.

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