AFP, Johannesburg
South African President Jacob Zuma endured fresh criticism Tuesday as opposition parties pursued a court case to impeach him and parliament debated early elections.
The opposition petitioned the country’s highest court in an attempt to impeach the president who already is embroiled in multiple legal cases and corruption allegations.
The Constitutional Court was asked to order parliament to set up an investigation into Zuma’s conduct over publicly-funded upgrades to his private residence.
Indian journalist gunned down outside her home
AP, Bangalore
An Indian journalist was fatally shot outside her home the southern city of Bangalore, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting journalists or outspoken critics of religious superstition and extreme Hindu politics.
The assailants fled on a motorcycle after spraying bullets at Gauri Lankesh on Tuesday night as she was leaving her car outside her home in the Karnataka state capital.
Independence banners on HK campus renew tensions
AP, Hong Kong
Banners supporting independence for Chinese-controlled Hong Kong have appeared on a university campus at the start of classes, rekindling tensions over free speech in the semiautonomous city.
The black banners declaring “Hong Kong Independence” in English and Chinese were put up around the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s campus on Monday.
Vietnam slams China over military drills in disputed sea
AFP, Hanoi
Vietnam has delivered a sharp rebuke to China over military drills in the South China Sea, the second such warning in a week as tensions rise between the countries over the disputed waterway.
China and Vietnam have long traded barbs over the strategic and resource-rich South China Sea, which Beijing claims most of.
