INDIA: Thousands of members of three youth and student bodies belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party marched toward the Indian High Commission in the country’s capital today to denounce attacks on a diplomatic mission and alleged desecration of Bangladeshi flags in India.

The protests came a day before India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, is due to visit Dhaka amid growing tension between the neighbours in recent months.

NETHERLANDS:  Emergency services searched for a second day today through the debris of an apartment block that was destroyed by an explosion and fire, killing at least five people, but with little hope of finding more survivors.

The cause of the Saturday morning’s disaster was unclear. Mayor Jan van Zanen said investigators were looking into “all possibilities.” Police said they are looking for a car seen leaving the scene.

COLOMBIA: A motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated at a police checkpoint in south-western Colombia on Saturday, killing the driver and injuring 14 others, authorities said.

Officers had been conducting inspections in the community of Las Penas in the Jamundi municipality to prevent possible violence by illegal armed groups, Colonel Carlos Oviedo, commander of the Cali Metropolitan Police, told journalists.

BURKINA FASO: The head of Burkina Faso’s military government announced former communications minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as the country’s new prime minister on Saturday.

The appointment comes a day after the country’s ruling military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, sacked outgoing premier Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government.

No reason was given for his removal.