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| Clashes as Pakistani anti-government protesters bear down on capital | |  Police on Monday fired tear gas to scatter hundreds of anti-government protesters heading for Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, after a court cleared the way for opposition politician Imran Khan to hold a mass protest this week, media reported. Television images showed the crowd approaching roadblocks amid clouds of tear gas as night fell near the town of Swabi, about 70 km (44 miles) from Islamabad, on a highway linking the capital to the northwestern city of Peshawar. Police had set up roadblocks on major roads on Monday morning, particularly those from Khan's political heartland of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, ruled by his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
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| Dollar shakes off Clinton FBI probe, stocks stay shaky | |  By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar steadied but stock markets remained wobbly on Monday after news the FBI was investigating more emails linked to Hillary Clinton's use of a private server while she was secretary of state. The weakest German retail sales in two years, a dip in oil prices and one of the toughest month in years for bond markets all made for a shaky session in Europe, where the STOXX 600 index dropped 0.4 percent. Wall Street looked set for a subdued restart too, having been hit by the news of the FBI moves on Friday, though a string of M&A deals including one involving the oil and gas arm of General Electric provided some support.
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| Help us! Women in Indian mill pen letter describing sexual abuse at work | | | By Anuradha Nagaraj DINDIGUL, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A letter from six women at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the widespread exploitation of women in the multi-billion-dollar textile industry, campaigners said. Please help us." Sent to the social welfare officer in Dindigul, a district in Tamil Nadu, the eight-page letter dated Aug. 29 is a plea for help from abused and exploited women, rights campaigners said. "Women normally share their experiences only after quitting their jobs," said S. Thivyarakhini of the all-women Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union. |
| Bahrain activist's trial postponed to Dec. 15 - rights group | |  Bahrain on Monday postponed until Dec. 15 the trial of prominent democracy activist Nabeel Rajab to permit more investigation of a Twitter account he is accused of using to publish criticism of the government, his human rights group said. Rajab's Bahrain Centre for Human Rights said the High Criminal Court postponed the trial for a fourth time to enable it to hire a cyber crime expert to verify that the Twitter handle in question was managed by him. Rajab, one of the most prominent rights activists in the Arab world and founder of his rights advocacy group, has been repeatedly imprisoned since pro-democracy unrest flared in the Western-allied, Gulf Arab kingdom in 2011.
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| Analysis: Thailand's royal succession following the junta script | |  News that Thailand is making preparations for the crown prince to ascend to the throne on Dec. 1 is likely to allay worries that the kingdom was headed for a period of instability following the death of beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Fresh questions about the succession arose when Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn left for Germany at the weekend. Thailand's junta has been preparing for the succession since taking power in a May 2014 coup, when the late king's health was already in decline.
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| Dutch far-right leader Wilders tells hate trial: "I said nothing wrong" | |  By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch anti-Islam opposition leader Geert Wilders said he had done nothing wrong in a statement read out at the start of his trial on charges of inciting discrimination and hatred of Moroccans on Monday. The Freedom Party leader was charged over his appearance at a local election rally in early 2014, when he was filmed leading chants for fewer Moroccans in the country and calling them scum. Wilders, who could face up to two years in jail and a fine of up to 7,400 euros ($8,100) if convicted, has refused to attend what he calls a political trial.
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| Nigerian soldiers, police sexually abuse Boko Haram victims, Human Rights Watch says | | | Nigerian soldiers and policemen have raped and sexually abused women and girls fleeing the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. Forty-three cases of "sexual abuse, including rape and exploitation", were documented in July, HRW said. The women and girls were housed at seven camps in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, where Boko Haram's seven-year insurgency began. |
| South African state prosecutor drops fraud charges against Gordhan | |  South Africa's state prosecutor dropped fraud charges on Monday against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, the latest twist in a police investigation that has rattled financial markets in the continent's most industrialised economy. Worries that Gordhan could be prosecuted or even removed from his job have also increased the risk that credit rating agencies would downgrade South Africa to "junk" status, undermining efforts to revive economic growth. The rand gained as much as 1.6 percent against the dollar, while bonds firmed as the head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Shaun Abrahams, read his decision at a media conference in the capital, Pretoria.
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| Turkey detains editor, top staff at opposition newspaper | |  By Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained the editor and a dozen senior staff from the main secularist opposition newspaper on Monday, a day after 10,000 more civil servants were sacked over suspected links to a failed July coup. Turkey's crackdown since rogue soldiers tried to seize power on July 15 has alarmed Western allies and rights groups, who fear President Tayyip Erdogan is using the coup attempt to crush dissent. The Istanbul prosecutor's office said the staff from the Cumhuriyet daily, one of few media outlets still critical of Erdogan, were suspected of committing crimes on behalf of Kurdish militants and the network of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric.
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| As Clinton struggles, Trump tries to raise doubts | |  By Steve Holland and John Whitesides ALBUQUERQUE, N.M./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is fighting to raise doubts about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as she struggles to get past a new firestorm over her emails that have posed a sudden danger with eight days to go until Election Day. The announcement by FBI Director James Comey that his agency is investigating more emails as part of a probe into Clinton's use of a private email server has upended the presidential race and given new hope to Trump that he can make an improbable comeback and win on Nov. 8. "When we win on Nov. 8 we are going to Washington D.C. and we are going drain the swamp," Trump said on Sunday night at a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, charging that Clinton represents a corrupt political system.
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| Gambia opposition parties unite behind candidate for presidential election | | | Seven Gambian opposition parties united late on Sunday behind businessman Adama Barrow, endorsing him as the main challenger to President Yahya Jammeh in elections scheduled for December. Barrow, 51, became leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), the country's largest opposition party, in September. "I am overwhelmed and will work with the opposition and the Gambian people to make the Gambia a better place for all of us," Barrow said in an acceptance speech at a convention of seven opposition parties. |
| Spain's Rajoy sworn in as prime minister after deadlock broken | |  MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was sworn in as prime minister on Monday by King Felipe, after more than 10 months of political jockeying to form a government following two inconclusive elections. Rajoy, leader of the People's Party, is returning to power after losing his absolute majority, and will have to strike deals with opposition parties to pass legislation in a fragmented and hostile parliament. (Reporting by Sarah White, Editing by Adrian Croft)
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| Woman at centre of South Korea political crisis begs forgiveness | |  By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - The woman at the centre of a South Korean political scandal begged forgiveness on Monday as she arrived to meet prosecutors investigating allegations she used her friendship with President Park Geun-hye to influence state affairs and gain benefits. Choi Soon-sil, wearing a hat and scarf and covering her face with her hand, pushed her way through a scrum of journalists and protesters demanding her arrest and Park's resignation, losing a shoe in the melee, to enter the prosecution building in Seoul. "Please forgive me." Choi returned to South Korea early on Sunday from Germany, where she had been staying, and was ready to answer prosecutors' questions, her lawyer said earlier.
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| Exclusive: Thailand 'making preparations' for Dec. 1 succession | |  Thailand is making preparations for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to ascend the throne on Dec. 1, two senior military sources with knowledge of the matter said. The death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Oct. 13 at the age of 88 has plunged the Southeast Asian nation of 67 million people into a year of mourning. News of the December timeframe follows the prince's departure for Germany at the weekend where he had personal business to attend to, one senior military source told Reuters, adding that the prince would return in November.
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