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| Kyrgyz leader's party forges new parliament coalition | | | BISHKEK (Reuters) - The Social Democratic party of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has built a new majority coalition and nominated Sooronbai Jeenbekov for prime minister, a position he held in the previous cabinet, the party said on Thursday. The new coalition includes Kyrgyzstan and Bir Bol parties, said Isa Omurkulov, the leader of Social Democrats' parliamentary faction. (Reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin) |
| UK court says parliament must have Brexit say, dealing blow to govt | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - England's High Court ruled on Thursday that the British government requires parliamentary approval to trigger the process of exiting the European Union, upsetting Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans. The government said it would appeal against the decision and a spokeswoman for May said the prime minister would press ahead with the planned timetable of launching talks on the terms of Brexit by the end of March. Many investors took the view that lawmakers would temper the government's policies and make an economically disruptive "hard Brexit" less likely.
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| Protests at fishmonger's death test Moroccan monarchy's nerves | |  Five years after pro-democracy protests shook Morocco, this week's unrest is a reminder of pent-up frustrations the monarchy has managed to tame in the past with limited constitutional reforms, heavy welfare spending and tough security. With a rallying cry against the Makhzen - a term used to describe the royal establishment - protesters have vowed to stage more demonstrations over Mouhcine Fikri's death in the northern city of Al-Hoceima, which was captured on video by witnesses and widely shared on social media. The political and social stability of Morocco is closely watched by Western governments as it is the only country in North Africa where jihadist groups have failed to gain a foothold, and is an important partner against Islamist militancy in terms of intelligence-sharing.
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| Court ruling does not derail Brexit timetable, says UK PM May's spokeswoman | |  The British government still plans to trigger formal divorce talks with the European Union by the end of March and does not believe a court ruling demanding parliamentary approval will derail that, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said. England's High Court ruled on Thursday that the British government requires parliamentary approval to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty which starts up to two years of talks for Britain's departure from the bloc. "Our plan remains to invoke Article 50 by the end of March, we believe the legal timetable should allow for that," the spokeswoman told reporters.
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| New law in Russia criminalises inducement to doping - RIA Novosti | |  Russia, whose track and field athletes were banned from the Rio Olympics after disclosures of a state-sponsored doping scandal, has brought in a law which makes inducement to doping a criminal offence, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Coaches and specialists in sports medicine and training who induce athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs now face heavy punishment, including imprisonment, according to the law which was approved by Russia's lower house of parliament. "This once again points out that our government's policies will absolutely not tolerate doping and especially those coaches who are trying to pressure underage sportsmen to take banned substances," Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, told TASS in an interview.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says Germany has become "haven for terrorists" | |  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Germany had become a haven for terrorists and would be "judged by history", accusing it of failing to extradite supporters of a U.S.-based cleric Ankara blames for July's failed military coup. "We don't have any expectations from Germany but you will be judged in history for abetting terrorism ... Germany has become an important haven for terrorists," Erdogan told a ceremony at his palace in the capital Ankara.
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| Indonesia president, VP urge calm ahead of hardline Islamic protest | |  By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his vice president called for peace as tensions rose on Thursday ahead of a protest planned by hardline Muslim groups against the Jakarta governor, a Christian and the first ethnic Chinese in the job. The groups claim that Governor Basuki Tjahja Purnama, popularly known as "Ahok", had insulted the Koran and was guilty of blasphemy. Security has been tightened in Jakarta, a sprawling city of 10 million, and police have deployed armoured vehicles and armed personnel as the plan stoked religious and ethnic tensions in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
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| Turkish academics, students protest against post-coup purges in Istanbul | | | Ankara, which says U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen orchestrated the July 15 putsch, has launched a crackdown in which 110,000 civil servants, judges, prosecutors and police have been suspended or dismissed over suspected links to the preacher. Among those suspended or removed in the purges since July are nearly 50,000 academics, teachers and other education staff. |
| Keeping kosher: it may be bad for your economic health | |  By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Behind Israel's food and tourism industries thrives a parallel economy run by rabbis and a legion of inspectors whose business it is to make sure everything is kosher. It described frequent tax avoidance and even cases of suspected money laundering.
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| Insight: Emails show how Republicans lobbied to limit voting hours in North Carolina | |  By Julia Harte ASHEBORO, N.C (Reuters) - When Bill McAnulty, an elections board chairman in a mostly white North Carolina county, agreed in July to open a Sunday voting site where black church members could cast ballots after services, the reaction was swift: he was labeled a traitor by his fellow Republicans. "I became a villain, quite frankly," recalled McAnulty at a state board of elections meeting in September that had been called to resolve disputes over early voting plans. "I got accused of being a traitor and everything else by the Republican Party," McAnulty said. Following the blowback from Republicans, McAnulty later withdrew his support for the Sunday site.
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| Hong Kong can handle politicians' legal case without Beijing - lawyer | |  By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong can handle an unprecedented city government legal attempt to bar two newly elected legislators promoting independence from China, a government lawyer said on Thursday, amid growing speculation Beijing would intervene in the case. The case of the pro-independence politicians who won seats in the city legislature in a September election has highlighted worries about Beijing's intervention in the former British colony despite promises of autonomy. The two politicians - Yau Wai-ching, 25, and Baggio Leung, 30 - displayed a "Hong Kong is not China" banner and used a derogatory word for China during a swearing in ceremony as Legislative Council members last month.
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