Chinese shares opened higher on Monday, following the appointment of a new head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Saturday.
French President Francois Hollande suffered a severe setback after his approval rating hit a record low half way through his five-year mandate, a poll showed Thursday.
Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday canceled his campaign rally in a town of Indian-controlled Kashmir, following the killing of three persons including a rural body head and village headman by militants.
Six government officials in central China's Hunan Province have been removed from their posts over sex scandals.
China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Monday that infections of foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed in cattle in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.