Iran holds pro-government rallies as new protests break out
DUBAI (Reuters) – Annual nationwide pro-government rallies were held in Iran on Saturday to mark the end of unrest which shook the country in 2009, state media reported, while local news agency and social media reports said a third day of protests had …
Russian supreme court approves ban against opposition leader Navalny from 2018 presidential election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed an appeal by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny against a decision by the country’s central election commission to bar him from taking part in next year’s presidential election.
Egypt sentences ex-President Mursi, 19 others to three years in jail for insulting judiciary
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.
China jails 36 for gang crimes including extortion, homicide
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in southern China has sentenced 36 people to prison terms of up to 25 years for gang crimes including homicide, assault and setting up illegal casinos, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
Putin tells Assad Russia will help defend Syrian sovereignty: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a new year’s greeting that Russia will continue supporting Syria’s efforts to defend its sovereignty, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Turkey says EU funds not being actively used for needs of Syrian refugees
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A substantial portion of the funds promised by the European Union (EU) to help Syrian refugees in Turkey is still not being used actively to meet their needs, Turkey’s EU Ministry said on Saturday.
Special Report: Meet the force behind Zimbabwe’s ‘Crocodile’ president
HARARE (Reuters) – His wife is a beauty queen, his troops unseated Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, and his motorcade is fit for a president. General Constantino Chiwenga, head of the armed forces until earlier this month, is on a roll.
Iran holds pro-government rallies after protests
DUBAI (Reuters) – Annual nationwide pro-government rallies were held in Iran on Saturday to mark the end of the unrest that shook the country in 2009, state media reported, a day after price protests turned political in a dozen cities.
China recovers $112 million in misused poverty relief funds – Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have recouped 730 million yuan ($112.20 million) in misappropriated funds as part of an investigation into the country’s national poverty-reduction scheme, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea – sources
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the se…
