LITHUANIA: The International Court of Justice was asked by Lithuania today to rule that Belarus had breached its international obligations by allegedly organising the smuggling of migrants to its territory and award it compensation.

The case revolves around alleged breaches by Belarus of its obligations under the United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.

CHINA: One person has died in an apparent shooting at an outdoor restaurant in the city of Wuhan in what was a rare case of gun violence in China.

A police statement said today that two other people were injured on Sunday night in what it called a case of “deliberate injury” resulting from a dispute.

The statement from the Qiaokou District police branch in Wuhan did not say what weapon had been used.

PAKISTAN: A car bomb exploded near a market in Pakistan’s restive south-west, killing at least four people and wounding 20 others, a government official said today, as violence intensifies in the region.

The attack occurred on Sunday night in Qillah Abdullah, a city in Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan, said Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Riaz.

The blast also damaged several shops and the outer wall of a nearby building housing paramilitary forces, he said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

FRANCE: A new high-security prison will be built by France in its overseas department of French Guiana to house drug traffickers and jihadists, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Sunday.

Mr Darmanin told Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper that the prison, to be built by 2028, would target organised crime “at all levels” of the drug supply chain.