Thailand tourist double murder trial under way

 

Win Zaw Htun (L) and Zaw Lin were arrested in early October 

 The trial is underway of two Burmese men charged with the murder of two British tourists earlier this year in Thailand.

Tibetan protests reported in China's Sichuan

Monk shot in the arm by police during clash following three fatal self-immolations in eight days, rights group says.

Chinese police have fired on Tibetan protesters demonstrating after a series of deadly self-immolations by people campaigning against Chinese rule of their Himalayan region, according to a rights group.
A Buddhist monk was shot in the arm after police used tear gas and opened fire during a clash with Tibetans outside a police station in the western province of Sichuan, which borders Tibet, the Britain-based Free Tibet organisation said in a statement.

Top UN officials in Sudan 'ordered to leave'

Protest lodged against expulsions amid rising tensions between Khartoum government and peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

Sudan has been uneasy about attempts to investigate a report that soldiers raped women in Darfur [Getty Images]

Sudan is reported to have ordered two senior UN officials to leave, amid tensions between Khartoum and the peacekeeping mission in the western Darfur region.

Swedish mosque hit by arson in Eskilstuna, injuring five

Police are treating the incident as arson after reports that someone threw an object into the building

An arsonist set fire to a mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna on Thursday, injuring five people, police said.