AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced today that China would resume importing Australian live lobsters by the end of the year. 

Mr Albanese made the announcement after meeting Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang on the sidelines of a south-east Asian summit in the Laotian capital, Vientiane. 

The agreement removes the final major obstacle to bilateral trade that once cost Australian exporters more than AU$20 billion (£10bn).

PAKISTAN:  Suspected militants riding on a motorcycle fired at a vehicle carrying police officers today in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing two and wounding two others, police said.

The attack happened in Tank, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, local police official Sher Afzal said.

No group has claimed responsibility.

UNITED NATIONS: Saudi Arabia failed to win a seat in the UN’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups accusing the Saudis of serious rights violations.

The 193-member general assembly elected 18 new members to serve on its 47-nation human rights council, which allocates seats to regional groups to ensure geographical representation.

HAITI: Gunmen invaded another town north of the capital Port-au-Prince today, shooting at people and setting homes on fire. The number of casualties was not immediately known.

Residents in the coastal town of Arcahaie called radio stations pleading for help and asking that police come and save them.

Lionel Lazarre, deputy police spokesman, told Radio Caraibes that officers were on site and authorities were taking several measures to strengthen their presence.

The violence comes just a week after a massacre killed at least 115 people in the country’s central region.