Jewish centre bombing: Argentina asks Qatar to arrest Iranian vice president Rezai

Today's headlines: Hong Kong chief executive wants British investigation into citizen manhandled by Chinese consulate staff in Manchester; Japan issues new sanctions against North Korea; Singapore and Australia sign agreement on green economy; In Indian Kashmir rebels kill two migrant workers; In Russia a professor is fired because he 'does not like Putin'; Tajikistan joins criticisim of the Kremlin.

ARGENTINA-QATAR-IRAN

The Argentinian government has asked Doha to arrest the Iranian Vice President for Economic Affairs, who is visiting the Gulf emirate these days. Mohsen Rezai is accused of playing a role in the 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires. The explosion killed 85 people and injured 300.

HONG KONG-CHINA-UNITED KINGDOM

Hong Kong chief executive John Lee says the case of the Hong Kong demonstrator beaten up by Chinese consulate staff in Manchester should be dealt with under British law. London has opened an investigation into the attack, which took place on 16 October after the victim was dragged inside the perimeter of the diplomatic building: he was protesting against Xi Jinping.

JAPAN-NORTH KOREA

Tokyo announced further sanctions against Pyongyang after repeated missile tests in the last period, including the one on 4 October that saw a North Korean rocket fly over Japanese territory. The new measures affect five organisations involved in the nuclear-missile programme of Kim Jong-un's regime.

SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA

Singapore and Canberra today signed a bilateral agreement on the green economy described by their respective leaders as "groundbreaking. It covers 17 joint initiatives, mainly to reduce customs barriers in the renewable energy market, encourage sustainable agriculture and promote carbon-neutral trade corridors.

INDIA

In Indian Kashmir Islamic rebels killed two migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh, victims of a grenade thrown into their home. The incident occurred in the district of Shopian, where militiamen killed a Hindu farmer last week. The region is claimed by Pakistan and local separatist forces.

RUSSIA

A professor of philosophy, Vladimir Volkov, who had recently been teaching in rural schools in the Vladimir region to avoid controversy and devote himself to the most marginalised strata of the population, was fired because he 'does not like Putin'. According to the authorities, this 'corrupts the youth, instilling them with wrong opinions'.

TAJIKISTAN-RUSSIA

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, one of the most pro-Russian in the region, has made a public appeal to Putin to 'not deal with the countries of Central Asia only as parts of the former Soviet Union'. An exit that makes clear Moscow's loss of credibility even in the areas most historically favourable to it.

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