Reuters: In upset, TV star leads U.S. ally in Honduras presidential vote
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A TV host took a surprise lead in the Honduran presidential election, initial results on Monday showed, upsetting forecasts of a win for the country’s U.S.-friendly incumbent and raising concerns about instability as both parties claimed victory.
Flamboyant entertainer Salvador Nasralla was ahead with an almost 5 point margin at 45 percent, with more than half the ballot boxes counted, according to the first official results, released nearly 10 hours after Sunday’s voting ended.
“I am the new president-elect of Honduras,” Nasralla, 64, wrote on Twitter after the results were announced. Earlier, during the long wait for results, he and President Juan Orlando Hernandez had held competing events claiming victory.
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MIDDLE EAST
Pentagon says reviewing 'adjustments' to arms for Syrian Kurds.
Little prospect of Syria peace progress seen in Geneva talks.
Russia seeks two-day ceasefire in Damascus suburb; dozens killed by air strikes.
Syria: Russian air strikes 'kill dozens of civilians'. Syria: 80 people killed in just over 24 hours.
Syria courts China for rebuilding push after fall of Islamic State’s strongholds.
Kurdish-led SDF will join Syrian army if federal state guaranteed: Rojava official.
Suicide attack targets area southeast of Baghdad.
Iraq face tough battle against IS desert hideouts.
Iraq invites foreign bids to develop oil/gas fields.
Wheat aid arrives in blockaded Yemen amid famine fears.
Lebanon's Aoun holds talks on Hariri government.
Hamas rejects disarmament talk ahead of reconciliation deadline.
Israel pushes on with law seen protecting PM under criminal probe.
ASIA
Xi orders China's 'toilet revolution' to march on.
Myanmar has 'no religious discrimination', army chief tells pope.
Pakistani law minister quits after weeks of anti-blasphemy protests. Pakistan's Law Minister has resigned, ceding to the demand of Islamist protesters.
‘Apocalyptic scenario’ possible on Korean Peninsula: Russian diplomat.
South Korea uses loudspeakers to taunt North Korea over a defecting soldier who was shot several times by his former comrades as he fled across the border.
North Korea's use of automatic fire violates armistice, Seoul says. South Korea warns North to stop violating armistice agreement.
S. Korean envoy on N. Korean nuke to visit U.S. next week.
Clashes between IS, Taliban displace hundreds in eastern Afghanistan.
Japan to assert greater control over privately owned land on remote islands.
Pope Francis urges peace in Myanmar amid mass Rohingya exodus.
100,000 told to evacuate Bali as volcano threat rises. Bali's Mount Agung volcano erupts, prompting mass evacuation order.
AFRICA
Former Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo to be held in custody until trial.
Zimbabwe: Army operation that led to Mugabe ouster ends.
Zimbabwe activists fear post-Mugabe human rights crackdown.
Zimbabwe officially declares Mugabe national holiday.
Kenya's economy slows amid political uncertainty.
Egypt-Ethiopia tensions over new dam rise again.
Renewed Ethiopia clashes kill more than 20: state media.
Sudan general, nine soldiers killed in Darfur clashes: SUNA.
Sudan says militia leader Musa Hilal arrested. Sudan forces arrest top Darfur militia chief.
Miss Universe winner: South Africa's Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters takes the crown.
EUROPE
Merkel heads to EU-Africa summit with eye on migrant issue at home.
Angela Merkel's CDU backs German government 'grand coalition' strategy.
Germany coalition: Crucial week of talks in bid to end impasse.
A year on from terror attack, Berlin Christmas market opens calmly.
Compromise sought as clock ticks down to snap Irish election.
Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov 'ready to resign'.
Prince Harry 'thrilled' to marry girlfriend Meghan Markle next year.
More than 100 reindeer killed by freight trains in Norway.
AMERICAS
Water entered missing Argentine sub's snorkel, causing short circuit.
Mexico finance minister Meade resigns to run for presidency.
Honduras presidential vote: Both candidates claim victory. Opposition takes early lead in Honduras election.
Suit seeks to stop Trump from naming acting director of CFPB.
Archbishop of Canterbury baffled by Christians who back Trump.
Keystone's existing pipeline spills far more than predicted to regulators.
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US Justices to weigh cell phone privacy in landmark case.
Maduro taps major general to lead Venezuela's deteriorating oil industry.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
U.S. military says conducted air strike against ISIS in Somalia.
10 Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen drone strikes.
Islamic Military Alliance urges stronger media role in combating extremism.
Pentagon battles college trying to sell art by ‘terrorists’.
Trump calls for crushing terrorists with military means.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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OPEC clash with U.S. for oil supremacy near day of reckoning.
Bitcoin approaches $10,000 a piece.
YouTube investigates 'disturbing' autofill results.
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