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| Iran parliament defines "political crimes" in apparent nod to reform |
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 Iran's parliament passed a law on Sunday defining "political offences" that would be guaranteed public trials, a measure credited by President Hassan Rouhani's pragmatic government as a step towards reform, but faulted for not going far enough. Iran's constitution provides for public trials and other legal protections for people accused of political crimes, but these have never been defined. Most people considered by human rights groups to be political prisoners in Iran are charged with security offences, which are often subject to secret tribunals.
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| Taliban demands prisoner release to rejoin Afghan peace talks |
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| Afghanistan's Taliban demanded the release of political prisoners as one of the conditions that they said on Sunday would need to be met before they consider rejoining peace talks aimed at ending the 15-year war.Taliban forces have stepped up their campaign in the last year to topple the Kabul government, which has struggled since most foreign troops left at the end of 2014. "Without them, progress towards peace is not feasible." Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul, said the Taliban have been fairly consistent in their demands and he is sceptical the latest push would yield any results. "The demand for a release of what they call political prisoners had been on the table in earlier talks, too," he said. |
| Israel says no charges over video attack on rights groups |
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| Israeli authorities said on Sunday they decided against opening a criminal investigation of an ultranationalist group behind a video that accused the heads of four of Israel's leading human rights organisations of being "foreign agents". Activists had demanded the attorney general look into the the 68-second video by Zionist group Im Tirtzu, saying it was incendiary. |
| Vietnam begins internal party election, leadership still uncertain |
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 By Martin Petty HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's progressive prime minister was among preliminary nominations for the Communist Party's central committee on Sunday, an official said, maintaining the possibility of him contesting the party leadership to be decided this week. The political future of Nguyen Tan Dung remains uncertain, however, after he was not among leadership candidates agreed by top decision-makers at a recent meeting, a surprise twist that saw the five-yearly congress of the secretive party open on Thursday under a cloud of controversy. Dung, 66, has not spoken publicly about his future and his absence from Sunday's preliminary nominations would have ruled him out.
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| Nepal's crisis drags on as ethnic minorities reject charter amendment |
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 By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's ethnic minorities have rejected a constitutional amendment, dashing hopes of an end to a political crisis that has led to fuel shortages and hampered deliveries of relief materials to survivors of last year's earthquakes. More than 50 people have died since the ethnic Madhesis, backed by some other smaller ethnic groups, launched protests in the landlocked, Himalayan country's southern plains against the amendment to the constitution. Protests at the border have prevented trucks from entering from neighbouring India since September, causing fuel shortages and rationing in Nepal.
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