Court jails Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader for life: sources
CAIRO – The head of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and other leaders of the banned group have been sentenced to life in prison, judicial sources said, on charges of incitement to…
US to return colonisation era church bells to the Philippines
MANILA – The United States will return to the Philippines church bells seized by US troops as trophies during a war between the two countries more than a century ago,…
Indonesian president trumpets nationalism amid queries about VP pick
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo has brandished his nationalist and religious credentials amid reports the Islamic cleric chosen to be his running mate in next year’s election was forced…
Mexico’s next president chooses unarmed lawyers, doctors, engineers to guard him
MEXICO CITY – Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he will abandon the secret service-style protection used by his predecessor in favour of a security detail of 20 unarmed…
Russia calls new US sanctions draconian, rejects poisoning allegations
MOSCOW – Russia’s embassy in the United States has called new US sanctions draconian and said the reason for the new restrictions — allegations it poisoned a former spy and…
Venezuela set to scrap lawmakers’ immunity after drone explosions
CARACAS – Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly is expected to scrap immunity for some opposition lawmakers it says were involved in an attempt to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro with exploding drones at…
Britain, France, mark centenary of decisive WW1 battle of Amiens
AMIENS – Britain and France have marked 100 years since the decisive battle of Amiens that put Europe on the path to the end of World War One, in a…
‘Stateless’ Thai cave boys and coach granted citizenship
BANGKOK – Three boys from a soccer team who were rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand last month have been granted Thai citizenship, authorities said. Their 25-year-old coach,…
Malaysia’s former PM Najib to be charged with money laundering
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s embattled former prime minister Najib Razak will be charged under a money-laundering act, the anti-graft agency said, in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund…
Experts seek to protect rare colony of seahorses in northern Greece
STRATONI – Diver Vasilis Mentogiannis is campaigning to protect a unique site in a remote gulf in north-eastern Greece where seahorses – a protected species ravaged by pollution and overfishing…
