World News Roundup: Iran warns against US sanctions; Trump sends 5,200 troops to Mexico border

Following is a summary of current world news briefs.

Maldives' top court clears the way for ex-leader's return

The Maldives' Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed's 13-year jail sentence on terrorism charges, allowing him to go home this week. Nasheed has said he will return on Thursday.

Iran says U.S. sanctions will have 'severe consequences' for world order

U.S. sanctions against Iran will have "severe consequences" for the world order, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday, days before new sanctions on Tehran's oil exports take effect. Washington reintroduced sanctions against Iran's currency trade, metals and auto sectors in August after it pulled out from a multinational 2015 deal that lifted sanctions in return for limits on Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. Navy chief says the U.S, China to 'meet more and more on high seas'

Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson said on Tuesday the United States and China "will meet each other more and more on the high seas" after a Chinese warship came close to a U.S. ship in the disputed South China Sea. The Chinese vessel came within 45 yards (meters) of the USS Decatur during a "freedom of navigation" sail in late September, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said this month.

Iranian intelligence service suspected of attempted attack in Denmark: security chief

The head of Denmark's security service said on Tuesday he suspected an Iranian intelligence service had attempted to carry out an attack on an individual in Denmark. The attack had meant to target the leader of the Danish branch of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (ASMLA), Finn Borch Andersen told a press conference.

Turkey presses Saudi to say who sent Khashoggi killers: Erdogan

The Turkish lawyer looking into the death of Jamal Khashoggi has asked Saudi Arabia's prosecutor to disclose who sent the team involved in the journalist's killing, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. Saudi prosecutor Saud Al Mojeb held talks with Istanbul's prosecutor on Monday and Tuesday about Khashoggi's death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which has escalated into a crisis for the world's top oil exporter.

Trump sends 5,200 troops to Mexico border as caravan advances

The United States said on Monday it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration ahead of Nov. 6 mid-term elections. The deployment will create an active-duty force comparable in size to the U.S. military contingent in Iraq, as Trump's administration draws attention to a caravan of migrants that is trekking through Mexico toward the United States.

Brazil's Bolsonaro targets 'lying' press, wants crusading judge as minister

Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has revisited his most contentious campaign promises, calling for looser gun laws, urging a high-profile anti-corruption judge to join his government and promising to cut government advertising for media that "lie." In interviews with TV stations and on social media, Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old former Army captain, who won 55 per cent of Sunday's vote and will be sworn in on Jan. 1, made clear he would not waste time in pushing through his conservative agenda.

Indonesia deploys divers, 'pinger locators' in hunt for doomed plane's cockpit recorders

Indonesian divers resumed a search on Tuesday for an airliner that crashed with 189 people on board, as "pinger locators" tried to zero in on its cockpit recorders and uncover why an almost-new plane went down in the sea minutes after take-off. Indonesia, one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, has a patchy safety record. With the now almost certain prospect of all on board had died, the crash is set to rank as its second-worst air disaster.

Merkel looks to Africa to cement a legacy shaped by migration

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts African leaders on Tuesday in a drive to tackle underdevelopment on the continent that helped to spur mass migration, shaping the later years of her long premiership. Merkel announced on Monday she would retire from politics by 2021, sending shockwaves across Europe and starting a race to succeed her.

Turkish defence minister says joint Manbij patrols to begin imminently: Anadolu

Training for joint patrols between Turkish and U.S. forces in Syria's Manbij has been completed, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by state-owned Anadolu news agency on Tuesday, adding that patrols would begin imminently. "The training process has been completed and joint patrols will begin today or tomorrow," he said, adding that after Manbij, Turkey would focus on the area east of the Euphrates River.

(With inputs from agencies.)