TASHKENT (Reuters) - A court in Uzbekistan on Monday cleared journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev of charges of conspiracy against the government and let him go free, in a case closely monitored by Western observers. Source: Reuters World News
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday put forward Dmitry Medvedev for the post of prime minister, the Kremlin said in a statement on its website. Source: Reuters World News
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon's parliamentary elections, unofficial results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel and underlining Tehran's growing regional clout. Source: Reuters World News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi parliamentary candidate was shot dead late on Sunday in his home near the city of Mosul, a family member and a security official said, less than a week before elections. Source: Reuters World News
Russia's Vladimir Putin took his vows in the Kremlin Monday to become President for another six years after winning an election in March with no meaningful opposition. If the former spy chief completes his full term he will have dominated Russian politics for almost a quarter of a century. Source: Latest CNN News
LONDON (Reuters) - Touching Queen Elizabeth has long been considered one of the greatest taboos surrounding the British monarch, one of the unwritten rules about how people are expected to behave around the royal family. Source: Reuters World News
Hezbollah was poised to seal its dominance of Lebanon Monday with results for the decade's first general election expected to confirm the Iran-backed party as the main winner. The polls were also marked by a low turnout of 49.2 percent and the emergence of a civil society movement challenging Lebanon's oligarchs that could clinch a [...]
A quest by Egyptian authorities to discover a secret chamber in the tomb of Tutankhamun has ended with a frank admission -- that it doesn't exist. Source: Latest CNN News
The Islands Development Company (IDC) of Seychelles has published a second edition of the book ‘Outer Islands of Seychelles’ by Adrian Skerrett to because of high demand, said an official of the company. “The first edition of the book was very popular and has been almost completely sold out, while there has been a continuous [...]
ROME (Reuters) - The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said on Monday his party would not back any stop-gap, technocrat government put together to end two months of political deadlock. Source: Reuters World News