BANGLADESH: A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka asked authorities on Monday to keep three journalists jailed until their trial in a case involving a mass uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from office in 2024, lawyers said.

The tribunal asked that Mozammel Babu, editor-in-chief of private Ekattor Television, its principal correspondent Farzana Rupa and Shyamal Dutta, editor of daily Bhorer Kagoj and former general secretary of the National Press Club in Dhaka, remain jailed.

INDONESIA: Ground and aerial firefighting operations were intensified on Monday as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country scorched thousands of acres of forests and peatland, creating a choking haze that blanketed cities and crossed borders.

The BNPB said that fires remain active in several regions, while large-scale suppression efforts continue in fire-prone provinces including West, Central and South Kalimantan on Borneo island and in Riau, South Sumatra and Jambi on Sumatra island. 

LIBYA: Authorities said they executed 10 people after their conviction by military courts on terrorism-related charges.

The executions, announced on Sunday, triggered condemnations by rights groups in the north African country that is divided between rival administrations.

The people were convicted of charges ranging from joint terrorist groups to assassinations of military personnel and civilians, according to authorities in eastern Libya.

SOUTH AFRICA: Four suspects in the killing of former world champion boxer Zolani Tete were arrested, police said on Monday.

The shooting took place at Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, according to the police. Mr Tete was arriving at his residence and waiting for the gate to open when he was ambushed by two armed suspects.