Russia’s Putin says Sunday regional elections went well
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that regional elections held in some Russian regions on Sunday in general went well.
India opposition block roads, offices shut in fuel price protests
Nationwide protests against record high petrol and diesel prices shut down businesses, government offices and schools in many parts of India on Monday, and in some places protesters blocked trains and roads and vandalized vehicles.
Uzbek imam sacked after urging president to allow hijabs, beards
An Uzbek imam has been sacked after urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a ban on personal religious symbols such as women’s hijabs and beards for men, in a case showing the limits of newly-proclaimed tolerance in the mainly Muslim country.
Suicide car bomb rams local government building in Somalia’s capital
A suicide car bomb rammed into a local government office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday causing casualties, a police officer told Reuters.
U.N.’s Bachelet presses for new body on crimes against Myanmar Rohingya
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Monday for a new quasi-judicial body to collect evidence with a view to future prosecution of crimes against Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar including murder and torture.
Bachelet takes on China, EU, U.S. and Saudi-led coalition in first speech
The United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet called on China on Monday to allow monitors into the country following “deeply disturbing” allegations of large re-education camps in which Uighurs are detained in far western Xinjiang province.
Sweden faces complex coalition talks after far-right gains
Sweden faced weeks of uncertainty after its mainstream center-left and center-right blocs emerged in a dead heat from an election on Sunday, while the far-right – which neither wants to deal with – made gains on a hardline anti-immigrant platform.
India government under fire over fuel prices, opposition unites for protests
Nationwide protests against record high petrol and diesel prices shut down businesses, government offices and schools in many parts of India on Monday, and in some places protesters blocked trains and roads and vandalized vehicles.
Blasts heard at offices of Libya’s oil corporation: Reuters witness
Blasts were heard at the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the Libyan capital on Monday and a security operation was under way at the building, a Reuters witness said.
London rail station reopens after security alert
British police have successfully dealt with a security alert which caused the closure of a busy train station in east London on Monday, National Rail said.
