Maldives puts conditions on jailed ex-leader for UK travel: lawyers
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Maldives on Sunday backtracked on an unconditional agreement to allow jailed former leader Mohamed Nasheed to travel to Britain for surgery, his lawyers said.
False emissions reporting undermines China’s pollution fight
BEIJING (Reuters) – Widespread misreporting of harmful gas emissions by Chinese electricity firms is threatening the country’s attempts to rein in pollution, with government policies aimed at generating cleaner power struggling to halt the practice.
UK opposition leader invites Trump to visit London mosque
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition leader invited U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who sparked an outcry by calling for a ban on Muslims from entering the United States, to join him on a visit to a London mosque.
Suicide bomber kills 13 people in eastern Afghanistan: officials
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 13 people in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday at the home of a tribal elder when people had gathered to celebrate his son’s release from Taliban captivity, local officials said.Th…
Pakistan PM looks to play peacemaker with Saudi Arabia, Iran visits
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will travel to Saudi Arabia and Iran on Monday, in a bid to bridge the growing divide between the two countries after the Sunni kingdom’s execution of a Shi’ite cleric sparked a bitter row.
Egypt’s parliament endorses controversial anti-terrorism law
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s parliament on Sunday overwhelmingly endorsed a controversial anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and shields its enforcers from legal ramifications.
Palestinians arrest negotiations aide suspected of spying for Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian officials said on Sunday they had arrested a member of their peace negotiating department for spying for Israel, a development likely to deepen distrust between the sides at a time of deadlocked diplomacy and…
Iran moves from pariah state to regional power
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s release from sanctions testifies to its new relationship with the United States as it moves from pariah state to regional power, a status that could come at the cost of Saudi Arabia, Washington’s chief Arab ally.
Israel licks wounds as Iran sanctions end, looks to future U.S. aid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel bristled on Sunday at the lifting of international sanctions on Iran and vowed to flag up any violations of its arch-foe’s nuclear restrictions while drawing on U.S. defense aid to prepare for a possible military face-off i…
Nuclear success to intensify Iranian infighting but moderate foreign policy
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s success in winning an end to international sanctions will only intensify a power struggle among the faction-ridden elite, and President Hassan Rouhani cannot count on domestic political support from the supreme leader before t…
