COLOMBO (Reuters) - China has dragged the Maldives into a debt trap and any future government formed by the opposition will be unable to repay the loans unless a review cuts them to real value, exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed told Reuters on Monday. Source: Reuters World News
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law counter-sanctions legislation that was drawn up by lawmakers in response to U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia in April. Source: Reuters World News
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States urges China to make a full public account of those killed, detained or who went missing during a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Source: Reuters World News
KABUL (Reuters) - A motorcycle suicide bomber killed at least eight people near a gathering of Muslim clerics in the Afghan capital after they had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks to hit Kabul. Source: Reuters World News
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah on Monday asked Omar al-Razzaz, a former World Bank economist, to form a new government after Hani Mulki resigned as prime minister following the country's biggest protests in years, a ministerial source said. Source: Reuters World News
It is the time of the year when the island nation’s delicacy, bird’s eggs, comes into season. Sooty tern eggs are available on the market as of Friday as the Seychelles Islands Development Company (IDC) brings in the first consignment. The company is bringing in around 3,800 cartons which we will be sold to people [...]
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah was expected on Monday to ask Prime Minister Hani Mulki to resign to soothe widespread anger over economic policies that have sparked the largest protests in several years and dozens of arrests, political sources said. Source: Reuters World News
Madagascar shocked host nation South Africa to reach the Cosafa Cup semi-finals Sunday and were joined in the penultimate stage by defending champions Zimbabwe. Both southern Africa championship quarter-finals in northern city Polokwane were decided by penalty shootouts, as was one of the two last-eight matches the previous day. Madagascar mocked being 42 places below [...]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador extended his double-digit opinion poll lead over his closest rival ahead of Mexico's July 1 presidential election, a voter survey showed on Monday. Source: Reuters World News
ROME (Reuters) - Italy will no longer be "Europe's refugee camp", newly installed interior minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday as he promised tough action to reduce migrant arrivals and send back those who have already come. Source: Reuters World News