BANGLADESH: Interim leader and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said today that his administration will seek the extradition of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India, where she has been in exile since fleeing a mass uprising in August.

In a televised address to the nation on his first 100 days in office, Mr Yunus said that the interim government would try those responsible, including Ms Hasina, for hundreds of deaths during the student-led uprising that ended her 15-year rule. 

SOUTH AFRICA: Two men have been pulled out from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa today after a court ordered the police to lift a blockade and allow the rescue of hundreds of workers believed to be involved in “illegal” mining activities.

Operations to reach the remaining men at the Stilfontein mine, south-west of Pretoria, were continuing with many reportedly too weak to be rescued.

PHILIPPINES: Super Typhoon Man-yi today uprooted trees, brought down power lines and triggered tidal surges as it made landfall on the north eastern coast of the Philippines.

Man-yi, the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month, had maximum sustained winds of up to 115 mph, according to the national weather agency PAGASA.

CHINA: A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Yixing on Saturday left eight people dead and 17 other injured, local police said.

The authorities said the attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology at around 6.30pm local time.

The suspect, a male student, identified as Mr Xu, was detained on site.