Sudan releases Al Jazeera's bureau chief

Authorities in Sudan have released Al Jazeera Media Network's bureau chief in Khartoum, two days after he was arrested during a midnight raid on his home. El Musalmi El Kabbashi was released yesterday. The journalist was among hundreds of people taken into custody amid mass protests across Sudan against a military power grab last month. El Kabbashi's arrest on Sunday came after security forces fired live bullets and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, killing at least eight people.

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UK police name Liverpool taxi blast terror suspect

British police have identified the suspect behind an explosion which engulfed a taxi in flames outside a hospital in Liverpool on Sunday, a blast the authorities have declared a terrorist incident. Police say 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen, who was killed in the blast, boarded the taxi in the northern English city and asked to be driven to the hospital, which was about 10 minutes away. The blast took place within the car as it approached the drop-off point in front of Liverpool Women's Hospital. The taxi driver was treated for injuries and released after medical attention. Police said it was unclear why the passenger had wanted to go to the hospital or what had caused the sudden explosion of the device.

Hindu hardliners attack Indian ex- FM's house

Hindu hardliners have attacked and set fire to the home of a former Indian foreign minister, police say, in the latest incident of religious violence that critics say has been inflamed under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Salman Khurshid, from the main opposition Congress party, published a book last month in which he compared the kind of Hindu nationalism that has flourished under Modi to "extremist groups" such as ISIL (ISIS). Police said a mob of about 20 people from a hardline local Hindu group massed outside Khurshid's house near the northern city of Nainital, Uttarakhand state, on Monday. Khurshid, who served as foreign minister from 2012 to 2014, was away with his family at the time of the incident.

UK defence minister visits Ukraine over Russian concerns

Britain's defence minister Ben Wallace met Ukrainian officials on a visit to Kyiv yesterday, a show of support at a time when Ukraine and Nato countries have expressed concern about Russian troop movements near Ukraine's borders. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman on Monday expressed Britain's "unwavering" support for Ukraine and said it would back Kyiv in the face of Russian hostility.